黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.2

1.2

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.