汾陽無德禪師語錄 2.199

2.199

Xiangyan gave a saying: "It is like a person up a tree, hanging from a branch by his teeth, his hands not grasping a branch, his feet not treading the tree. Beneath the branch is a person asking about the meaning of the Coming from the West. If he does not answer, he violates the questioner; if he answers, he loses his life. At such a time, what should he do?" / Xiangyan hanging from the tree showed it to many people, / Wishing to lead his companions of the robe to attain original truth. / Hesitating, they try to take it from beneath words; / Those who lose life and limb are as numerous as dust. / Fenyang clears the lost path for you: / When clouds disperse from the vast sky, the sun and moon are fresh.