..續本文上一頁如探竿影草。有時一喝、不作一喝用。汝作麼生會。僧擬議。師便喝。
The master asked a monk, “Sometimes a shout is like the Diamond Sword of the Vajra King; sometimes a shout is like the golden-haired lion crouching on the ground; sometimes a shout is like a weed-tipped fishing pole; sometimes a shout doesn”t function as a shout. How do you understand this
”
The monk hesitated. The master gave a shout.
21師問一尼、善來惡來。尼便喝。師拈棒雲、更道更道。尼又喝。師便打。
The master asked a nun, “Well-come or ill-come
” The nun shouted.
“Go on, go on, speak!” cried the master, taking up his stick.
Again the nun shouted. The master hit her.
22龍牙問、如何是祖師西來意。師雲、與我過禅板來。牙便過禅板與師。師接得便打。牙雲、打即任打、要且無祖師意。牙後到翠微問、如何是祖師西來意。微雲、與我過蒲團來。牙便過蒲團與翠微。翠微接得便打。牙雲、打即任打、要且無祖師意。牙住院後、有僧入室請教雲、和尚行腳時、參二尊宿因緣、還肯他也無。牙雲、肯即深肯、要且無祖師意。
Longya asked Linji, “What is the purpose of the Patriarch”s coming from the West
”
Linji said, “Hand me the backrest.” Longya handed the backrest to the master. The master took it and hit him with it.
Longya said, “It”s all right that you hit me, but there still isn”t any purpose in the Patriarch”s coming from the West.”
Later Longya went to see Cuiwei and asked him, “What is the purpose of the Patriarch”s coming from the West
”
Cuiwei said, “Hand me the rush mat.” Longya handed the mat to Cuiwei.
Cuiwei took it and hit him with it.
Longya said, “It”s all right that you hit me, but there still isn”t any purpose in the Patriarch”s coming from the West.”
After Longya had become the master of a temple, a monk entered his room to receive instruction. “I have heard,” the monk said, “that when you were on pilgrimage, Venerable Priest, you had the opportunity to interview two eminent elders. Did you acknowledge them
”
“I acknowledged them profoundly all right, but there still isn”t any purpose in the Patriarch”s coming from the West.”
23徑山有五百衆、少人參請。黃檗令師到徑山。乃謂師曰、汝到彼作麼生。師雲、某甲到彼、自有方便。師到徑山、裝腰上法堂、見徑山。徑山方舉頭、師便喝。徑山擬開口、師拂袖便行。尋有僧問徑山、這僧適來有什麼言句、便喝和尚。徑山雲、這僧從黃檗會裏來。爾要知麼、且問取他。徑山五百衆、太半分散。
Five hundred monks were assembled at the monastery at Mount Jing, but few asked the master for instruction. Huangbo ordered Linji to go to Mount Jing, then asked, “What will you do when you get there
”
“When I get there I”ll know what to do,” said Linji. Upon arriving at Mount Jing he went to the Dharma Hall, still in his traveling clothes, to see the master. As the master raised his head, Linji shouted, and when the master started to open his mouth, Linji swung his sleeves [as he turned] and left.
Shortly afterwards a monk asked the master, “What did you say just now that made that monk shout at you, Venerable Priest
”
The master replied, “That monk came from Huangbo”s assembly. If you want to know, go ask him.”
Of the five hundred monks at Mount Jing, the greater part drifted away.
24普化一日、于街市中、就人乞直裰。人皆與之。普化倶不要。師令院主買棺一具。普化歸來。師雲、我與汝做得個直裰了也。普化便自擔去、繞街市叫雲、臨濟與我做直裰了也。我往東門遷化去。市人競隨看之。普化雲、我今日未、來日往南門遷化去。如是叁日、人皆不信。至第四日、無人隨看。獨出城外、自入棺內、倩路行人釘之。實時傳布。市人競往開棺、乃見全身脫去。祇聞空中鈴響、隱隱而去。
One day Puhua went about the streets asking people he met for a onepiece gown. They all offered him one, but Puhua declined them all.
Linji had the steward of the temple buy a coffin, and when Puhua came back the master said, “I”ve fixed up a one-piece gown for you.”
Puhua put the coffin on his shoulders and went around the streets calling out, “Linji fixed me up a one-piece gown. I”m going to the East Gate to depart this life.” All the townspeople scrambled after him to watch.
“No, not today,” said Puhua, “but tomorrow I”ll go to the South Gate to depart this life.”
After he had done the same thing for three days no one believed him anymore.
On the fourth day not a single person followed him to watch. He went outside the town walls all by himself, got into the coffin, and asked a passerby to nail it up. The news immediately got about. The townspeople all came s…
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