鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.44

1.44

「道流！大丈夫漢更疑箇什麼？目前用處更是阿誰把得便用，莫著名字，號為玄旨，與麼見得勿嫌底法。古人云：『心隨萬境轉，轉處實能幽，隨流認得性，無喜亦無憂。』道流！如禪宗見解死活循然，參學之人大須子細，如主客相見便有言論往來，或應物現形、或全體作用、或把機權喜怒、或現半身、或乘師子、或乘象王。如有真正學人便喝，先拈出一箇膠盆子。善知識不辨是境，便上他境上作模作樣。學人便喝，前人不肯放。此是膏肓之病不堪醫，喚作客看主。或是善知識不拈出物，隨學人問處即奪。學人被奪抵死不放，此是主看客。或有學人應一箇清淨境出善知識前，善知識辨得是境，把得拋向坑裏。學人言：『大好善知識。』即云：『咄哉，不識好惡。』學人便禮拜，此喚作主看主。或有學人披枷帶鎖出善知識前，善知識更與安一重枷鎖，學人歡喜。彼此不辨，呼為客看客。

"Followers of the Way, what further doubt does a great hero have? That which functions right before your eyes—who else is it? Take hold of it and use it! Do not attach names to it and call it the 'profound purport.' When seen in this way, there is no phenomenon to be loathed. An ancient said: 'The mind turns in accord with the ten thousand spheres; / The turning point is truly profound. / Following the flow, recognize the nature, / And there is neither joy nor sorrow.' Followers of the Way, regarding the insights of the Chan school, life and death follow on naturally; practitioners must examine this with utmost care. When host and guest meet, there is an exchange of words: sometimes adapting to things and manifesting forms, sometimes acting with the entire substance, sometimes taking expedient devices of joy or anger, sometimes revealing half the body, sometimes riding a lion, or riding an elephant king. If there is a true student, he immediately gives a shout, first bringing out a basin of glue. If the kalyāṇamitra does not recognize this as an objective sphere, he steps upon that sphere and puts on airs. The student then gives a shout, but the other refuses to let go. This is a fatal disease beyond cure, called 'guest looks at host.' Or the kalyāṇamitra brings out nothing, but snatches away wherever the student questions. The student, having been snatched away, resists unto death and does not let go; this is called 'host looks at guest.' Or a student manifests an objective sphere of purity before the kalyāṇamitra; the kalyāṇamitra, discerning it as a sphere, takes hold of it and flings it into a pit. The student says: 'An excellent kalyāṇamitra!' [The teacher] immediately says: 'Bah! You cannot tell good from bad.' The student then bows; this is called 'host looks at host.' Or a student comes before the kalyāṇamitra wearing a cangue and carrying chains; the kalyāṇamitra places another layer of cangue and chains upon him, and the student rejoices. Neither of them discerns [the other]; this is called 'guest looks at guest.'