..續本文上一頁The master gave a shout.
“Venerable priest,” said the monk, “you”d better not try to spy on me.”
“Tell me what you”ve arrived upon,” the master said.
The monk shouted.
Another monk asked, “What about the cardinal principle of the buddhadharma
”
The master shouted. The monk bowed.
“Do you say that was a good shout
” asked the master.
“The bandit in the grass has met complete defeat,” returned the monk.
“What”s my offense
” asked the master.
“It won”t be pardoned a second time,” replied the monk. The master gave a shout.
That same day the head monks of the two halls had met and simultaneously given shouts.
A monk asked the master, “Was there a guest and a host
”
“Guest and host were obvious,” replied the master. He continued, “If you of the assembly want to understand the “guest and host” that I speak of, ask the two head monks of the halls.”
Then the master stepped down.
05上堂。僧問、如何是佛法大意。師豎起拂子。僧便喝。師便打。又僧問、如何是佛法大意。師亦豎起拂子。僧便喝。師亦喝。僧擬議。師便打。師乃雲、大衆、夫爲法者、不避喪身失命。我二十年、在黃檗先師處、叁度問佛法的的大意、叁度蒙他賜杖。如蒿枝拂著相似。如今更思得一頓棒吃。誰人爲我行得。時有僧出衆雲、某甲行得。師拈棒與他。其僧擬接。師便打。
The master took the high seat in the hall. A monk asked, “What about the cardinal principle of the buddhadharma
”
The master raised his whisk. The monk shouted. The master struck him.
Another monk asked, “What about the cardinal principle of the buddhadharma
”
Again the master raised his whisk. The monk shouted. The master also shouted. The monk faltered; the master struck him.
Then the master said, “You of the assembly, those who live for dharma do not shrink from losing their bodies or sacrificing their very lives. Twenty years ago, when I was with my late master Huangbo, three times I asked him specifically about the cardinal meaning of the buddhadharma, and three times he favored me with blows from his stick. But it was as if he were patting me with a branch of mugwort. How I would like now to taste another dose of the stick! Who can give it to me
”
A monk stepped forward and said, “I can.”
The master held out his stick to him. The monk tried to take it; the master struck him.
06上堂。僧問、如何是劍刄上事。師雲、禍事、禍事。僧擬議。師便打。問、祇如石室行者、踏碓忘卻移腳、向什麼處去。師雲、沒溺深泉。師乃雲、但有來者、不虧欠伊。總識伊來處。若與麼來、恰似失卻。不與麼來、無繩自縛。一切時中、莫亂斟酌。會與不會、都來是錯。分明與麼道。一任天下人貶剝。久立珍重。
The master took the high seat in the hall. A monk asked, “What about the matter of the sword blade
”
“Heavens, heavens!” cried the master.
The monk hesitated; the master struck him.
Someone asked, “The lay worker Shishi in treading the pestle shaft of the rice mortar would forget he was moving his feet; where did he go
”
“Drowned in a deep spring!” the master replied.
Then he continued, “Whoever comes to me, I do not fail him; I know exactly where he comes from. Should he come in a particular way, it”s just as if he”d lost [himself]. Should he not come in a particular way, he”d have bound himself without a rope. Never ever engage in random speculation—whether you understand or don”t understand, either way you”re mistaken. I say this straight out. Anyone in the world is free to denounce me as he will.
You have been standing a long time. Take care of yourselves.”
07上堂。雲、一人在孤峯頂上、無出身之路。一人在十字街頭、亦無向背。那個在前、那個在後。不作維摩诘、不作傅大士。珍重。
The master took the high seat in the hall and said, “One person is on top of a solitary peak and has no path by which to leave. One person is at the busy crossroads and has neither front nor back. Which is ahead, which is behind
Don”t make the one out to be Vimalakīrti and the other to be Fu Dashi. Take care of yourselves.”
08上堂。雲、有一人、論劫在途中、不離家舍。有一人、離家舍、不在途中。那個合受人天供養。便下座。
The master took the high seat in the hall and said, “One man is endlessly on the way, yet has never left home. Another has left home, yet is not on the way. Which one deserves the offerings of humans and gods
” Then he stepped down.
09上堂。僧問、如何是第一句。師雲、叁要印開朱…
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