..续本文上一页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。僧问、如何是佛法大意。师竖起拂子。僧便喝。师便打。又僧问、如何是佛法大意。师亦竖起拂子。僧便喝。师亦喝。僧拟议。师便打。师乃云、大众、夫为法者、不避丧身失命。我二十年、在黄檗先师处、三度问佛法的的大意、三度蒙他赐杖。如蒿枝拂着相似。如今更思得一顿棒吃。谁人为我行得。时有僧出众云、某甲行得。师拈棒与他。其僧拟接。师便打。
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。僧问、如何是剑刄上事。师云、祸事、祸事。僧拟议。师便打。问、祇如石室行者、踏碓忘却移脚、向什么处去。师云、没溺深泉。师乃云、但有来者、不亏欠伊。总识伊来处。若与么来、恰似失却。不与么来、无绳自缚。一切时中、莫乱斟酌。会与不会、都来是错。分明与么道。一任天下人贬剥。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。云、一人在孤峯顶上、无出身之路。一人在十字街头、亦无向背。那个在前、那个在后。不作维摩诘、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。云、有一人、论劫在途中、不离家舍。有一人、离家舍、不在途中。那个合受人天供养。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。僧问、如何是第一句。师云、三要印开朱…
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