19Yunmen's Mount Sumeru雲門須彌
Introduction 示眾
我愛韶陽新定機，一生與人拔釘楔。為甚有時也開門，掇出膠盆？當路鑿成陷穽，試揀辨看。
I love the fresh way Shaoyang sets a trap. All his life he pulled the nails and pried loose the wedges that pinned people down. So why does he sometimes throw the gate wide and shove a bucket of glue at you? Right in the middle of the road he digs a pit and covers it over. Take a look. See if you can tell the trap from the path.
僧問雲門：「不起一念，還有過也無？」門云：「須彌山。」
A monk asked Yunmen, "When not a single thought arises, is there still any fault in that?"
Yunmen said, "Mount Sumeru."
Verse 頌
不起一念須彌山，
韶陽法施意非慳。
肯來兩手相分付，
擬去千尋不可攀。
滄海濶，
白雲閑。
莫將毫髮著其間，
假鷄聲韻難謾我，
未肯模胡放過關。
Not a single thought arises: Mount Sumeru.
Shaoyang gives out the teaching, and he isn't stingy.
Come willing, and he hands it over with both hands.
Try to leave, and it towers a mile high, nothing to climb.
The blue sea, wide.
The white clouds, idle.
Don't let so much as a hair of yourself slip in.
A faked rooster crow won't fool me at the gate.
I won't wave you through on a vague guess.