筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.197

1.197

僧問師云：「承和尚說刮骨禪，請和尚四方八面刮。」師曰：「勿刮處。」云：「和尚幸是好手，為什麼刮不得？」師曰：「爾還聞道世醫拱手。」問：「如何是善知識眼？」師曰：「紙撚無油。」問：「十二時中將何奉獻？」師曰：「無物。」問：「身命急切處如何？」師曰：「莫雜種。」云：「將何奉獻？」師曰：「將虛空奉獻。」云：「虛空與非空將來不相似？」師曰：「道相似也得，道不相似也得。」云：「如何是相似？」師曰：「目前。」云：「如何是不相似？」師曰：「目前不是。」問：「返本還源時如何？」師曰：「如一片雪，從天降下若絲髮大，物掛著則不到地。」問：「暫時不在，如同死人如何？」師曰：「好埋却。」又曰：「臭也。」又曰：「命絕也。」

A monk asked the Master, 'I have heard that the upādhyāya speaks of bone-scraping Chan; please, upādhyāya, scrape from all four quarters and eight directions.' The Master said, 'There is nowhere to scrape.' [The monk] said, 'The upādhyāya happens to be a skilled hand; why can you not scrape?' The Master said, 'Have you not heard it said that worldly physicians fold their hands?' [The monk] asked, 'What is the eye of a good spiritual friend?' The Master said, 'A paper twist without oil.' [The monk] asked, 'Throughout the twelve periods of the day, what should one offer?' The Master said, 'No thing.' [The monk] asked, 'What about the urgent point of life and death?' The Master said, 'Do not mix breeds.' [The monk] said, 'What should one offer?' The Master said, 'Offer empty space.' [The monk] said, 'Are empty space and non-empty space not alike when brought forward?' The Master said, 'Saying they are alike is acceptable; saying they are not alike is also acceptable.' [The monk] said, 'What is being alike?' The Master said, 'Before the eyes.' [The monk] said, 'What is not being alike?' The Master said, 'Before the eyes, it is not.' [The monk] asked, 'What about when returning to the source and going back to the origin?' The Master said, 'Like a single flake of snow falling from the sky the size of a silken hair; if something catches it, it does not reach the ground.' [The monk] asked, 'What about when absent for a moment, like a dead person?' The Master said, 'Better bury him.' He also said, 'Stinking!' He also said, 'Life has ended!'