汾陽無德禪師語錄 1.117

1.117

上堂，僧問：「如何是汾陽境？」師云：「子夏峰高登者少，西河水滿問津多。」「如何是境中人？」師云：「坐久看風信，燒香燭聖燈。」問：「如何是和尚家風？」師云：「三玄開正道，一句破邪宗。」「如何是和尚活計？」師云：「尋常不掌握，供養五湖僧。」「未審喫箇什麼？」師云：「天酥陀飯非珍饌，一味良羹飽即休。」問：「如何是和尚曲？」師云：「六律不俱人美聽，百牙虛為子期彈。」「還有人和得也無？」師云：「有口不須論世事，無心只為慕知音。」「恁麼則和尚和得也。」師云：「爾試和看。」僧無語，師云：「天上忽雷驚宇宙，井底蝦蟇不舉頭。」問：「如何是汾陽箭？」師云：「羿始調弓，九烏失色。」「須知好手。」師云：「石虎既遭傷，金𲇚須沒羽。」「如何是和尚吹毛劍？」師云：「不假干將鑄，出匣透神光。」「用者如何？」師云：「有怪除妖蘖，無生不用磨。」「還許別人傳也無？」師云：「長安大道無關鎮，車馬同流總不妨。」

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "What is the environment of Fenyang?" The Master said, "Zixia Peak is high—few climb it; the waters of Xihe are full—many ask for the ferry." "What is the person within the environment?" The Master said, "Sitting long, watching the direction of the wind; burning incense, lighting the sacred lamp." He asked, "What is the Master's family custom?" The Master said, "The three mysteries open the orthodox path; a single phrase shatters heterodox traditions." "What is the Master's livelihood?" The Master said, "Normally grasping nothing, making offerings to monks from the five lakes." "I wonder, what do you eat?" The Master said, "Heavenly sudhā food is no rare delicacy; of the single flavor of fine broth, one stops as soon as full." He asked, "What is the Master's song?" The Master said, "Without all six pitch-pipes sounding, people listen with delight; Bo Ya vainly plucked for Ziqi." "Is there anyone who can harmonize with it?" The Master said, "Having a mouth, there is no need to discuss worldly affairs; having no mind, it is only to yearn for one who knows the tone." "Then the Master can harmonize with it." The Master said, "You try to harmonize and let us see." The monk had nothing to say. The Master said, "A sudden bolt of thunder in the heavens startles the universe, yet the toad at the bottom of the well does not lift its head." He asked, "What is Fenyang's arrow?" The Master said, "Hou Yi has just begun to draw his bow, and the nine sun-crows lose their color." "One must know you are an expert hand." The Master said, "Once the stone tiger is wounded, the golden arrow must sink its feathers." "What is the Master's hair-severing sword?" The Master said, "It does not rely on Gan Jiang's forging; emerging from its scabbard, it penetrates with divine radiance." "What about one who uses it?" The Master said, "Where there are monsters, it slays evil omens; where there is the unarisen, there is no need to hone it." "Do you permit others to transmit it or not?" The Master said, "On the great thoroughfare of Chang'an there are no barricades or garrisons; carriages and horses flowing together cause no obstruction at all."