黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.163

1.163

僧問：「大用現前，請師辨白。」師云：「摘却爾眉毛，傾出爾腦髓，脚跟下道將一句來。」云：「鏌鎁舉起，蛟龍失色。」師云：「作麼生？」僧以手面前一劃云：「爭奈這箇何。」師云：「三十年後，討箇師僧也難得。」僧便喝，師云：「好一喝，未有主在。」僧作禮，師云：「當斷不斷，返招其亂。」

A monk asked: “When the great functioning manifests before us, please, Master, distinguish it.” The Master said: “Pluck out your eyebrows, pour out your brain marrow, and speak a phrase from beneath your heels.” The monk said: “The Moxie sword is raised aloft; flood dragons lose their color.” The Master said: “How so?” The monk made a slash before him with his hand and said: “What can be done about this?” The Master said: “Thirty years from now, it will be hard even to find a monk like this.” The monk then shouted. The Master said: “A fine shout, but there is no host in it yet.” The monk bowed. The Master said: “When one should be decisive but is not, it brings chaos in return.”