雲門匡真禪師廣錄 1.13

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問：「如何是諸佛出身處？」師云：「佛前裝香，佛後合掌。」問：「十二時中，如何得不被諸境惑去？」師云：「三門頭合掌。」問：「四面森森，如何是靈樹？」師云：「風鳴雨息。」進云：「如何是靈樹枝條？」師云：「曬㫰皮草。」問：「如何是觸目菩提？」師云：「拈却露柱。」學云：「露柱豈干他事？」師云：「驢年會麼？」問：「醍醐上味為什麼飜成毒藥？」師云：「𡎺。」問：「如何是活？」師云：「心不負人。」學云：「如何是殺？」師云：「三日後不得唱衣。」學云：「不殺不活時如何？」師以拄杖趁出。問：「學人與麼來，請師實說。」師云：「知。」問：「金剛為什麼倒地？」師云：「不著力。」問：「殺父殺母佛前懺悔，殺佛殺祖向什麼處懺悔？」師云：「露。」問：「不起一念還有過也無？」師云：「須彌山。」問：「如何是和尚家風？」師云：「有讀書人來報。」問：「學人有疑請師不責，從上宗乘事作麼生？」師云：「三拜不虛。」問：「生死到來，如何排遣？」師云：「在什麼處？」問：「如來唯一說無二說，如何是如來說？」師云：「那箇師僧何不問？」問：「闇中如何辨主？」師云：「務原是什麼人坐？」問：「學人實問，請師實答？」師云：「爾作麼生辨？」進云：「正當與麼時如何？」師云：「的。」問：「從上古德以何為的？」師云：「看取舌頭。」

A monk asked: "What is the place of origin of all Buddhas?"
The Master said: "Offering incense before the Buddha, joining palms behind the Buddha."
[A monk] asked: "Throughout the twelve periods of the day, how can one avoid being deluded by the various objects?"
The Master said: "Join palms at the triple gate."
[A monk] asked: "Flourishing on all four sides—what is the Spirit Tree?"
The Master said: "The wind howls, the rain ceases."
[The monk] advanced and asked: "What are the branches and twigs of the Spirit Tree?"
The Master said: "Drying hides and grass in the sun."
[A monk] asked: "What is bodhi meeting the eye?"
The Master said: "Take away the exposed pillar."
The student said: "How is the exposed pillar any business of that?"
The Master said: "Will you understand in the year of the donkey?"
[A monk] asked: "Why does the supreme flavor of ghee turn into poison?"
The Master said: "To beat down."
[A monk] asked: "What is bringing to life?"
The Master said: "The mind does not fail others."
The student said: "What is killing?"
The Master said: "After three days, one may not auction robes."
The student said: "How is it when neither killing nor bringing to life?"
The Master chased him out with his staff.
[A monk] asked: "The student has come like this; please, Master, speak the truth."
The Master said: "Understood."
[A monk] asked: "Why did the vajra-warrior fall to the ground?"
The Master said: "He did not exert effort."
[A monk] asked: "Killing father and mother, one repents before the Buddha; killing Buddhas and Patriarchs, where does one repent?"
The Master said: "Exposed."
[A monk] asked: "When not a single thought arises, is there still any fault?"
The Master said: "Mount Sumeru."
[A monk] asked: "What is the Upādhyāya's family tradition?"
The Master said: "A scholar has come to report."
[A monk] asked: "The student has a doubt and asks the Master not to blame him: what about the matter of the ancestral vehicle from above?"
The Master said: "Three bows are not in vain."
[A monk] asked: "When birth and death arrive, how should one dispel them?"
The Master said: "Where are they?"
[A monk] asked: "The Tathāgata had only a single exposition and no second exposition; what is the Tathāgata's exposition?"
The Master said: "Why doesn't that monk ask?"
[A monk] asked: "How does one distinguish the master in the dark?"
The Master said: "Who is sitting in Wuyuan?"
[A monk] asked: "The student asks in earnest; please, Master, answer in earnest."
The Master said: "How do you distinguish it?"
[The monk] advanced and asked: "Right at such a time, how is it?"
The Master said: "Right on target."
[A monk] asked: "What did the virtuous ones of old take as the target?"
The Master said: "Look at your tongue."