黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.2

1.2

維那白槌云：「法筵龍象眾，當觀第一義。」師噫云：「好箇第一義，幸自完全，剛被維那折作兩橛，還有人接續得麼？」遂左右顧視大眾，乃云：「若接續不得，同安今日拈頭作尾、拈尾作頭去也。有問話者，切須著眼。」時有僧問：「寶座已登於鳳嶺，宗風演唱嗣何人？」師畫一圓相。進云：「石霜一派迸入江西也。」師云：「杲日當天，盲人摸地。」問：「如何是同安境？」師云：「看不得。」進云：「如何是境中人？」師云：「無面目。」問：「作家不啐啄，啐啄不作家，大眾臨筵，請師作家相見。」師垂下一足。進云：「焰裏尋飛雪，水下火燒天。」師乃收足。進云：「大眾證明真善知識。」師云：「同安不著便，闍梨亦不著便。」進云：「此由是兩家共用，掣鼓奪旗事作麼生？」師擲下拂子。

The karmadāna struck the gavel and said: "The assembly of dragons and elephants at the Dharma banquet should observe the supreme truth." The Master sighed and said: "Fine supreme truth! Fortunately complete in itself, yet it has just been broken in two halves by the karmadāna. Is there anyone who can mend it together?" He then looked around at the assembly to the left and right, and said: "If it cannot be mended together, Tong'an today will take the head and make it the tail, take the tail and make it the head. Those with questions, pay close attention!" At that time a monk asked: "Having already ascended the precious seat on the Phoenix Ridge, whose lineage do you carry forward in expounding the ancestral style?" The Master drew a circle-mark. [The monk] advanced and said: "The branch of Shishuang bursts into Jiangxi!" The Master said: "The bright sun is in the sky; a blind man gropes the ground." [The monk] asked: "What is the environment of Tong'an?" The Master said: "It cannot be seen." [The monk] advanced and said: "What is the person in the environment?" The Master said: "He has no face." [The monk] asked: "An adept does not peck and tap; if there is pecking and tapping, he is not an adept. The assembly has approached the banquet; we ask the Master to meet as an adept." The Master lowered one foot. [The monk] advanced and said: "Seeking flying snow within the flames; fire under the water burns heaven." The Master then drew back his foot. [The monk] advanced and said: "The assembly bears witness to a true kalyāṇamitra." The Master said: "Tong'an did not take advantage, nor did the ācārya take advantage." [The monk] advanced and said: "This is still both parties acting in common; what about seizing the drum and capturing the banner?" The Master threw down his fly-whisk.