法演禪師語錄 2.4

2.4

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "What is the place where Baiyun is most intimate with people?" The Master said, "I love to twist people's nostrils around." The student asked, "What about when one goes right along like that?" The Master said, "A fellow who feels neither pain nor itch!" He then said: "Extraordinary men from the four seas and five lakes / Surround an unprincipled village bumpkin / Who only knows how to drag a plow and pull a harrow— / Water and grass in a bottomless alms-bowl. / Hanging up a sheep's head to sell dog meat, / In the midst of the hours how can one distinguish fine from coarse? / Continuing the Buddha's lifespan like this— / Truly, heaven and earth are far apart! / Who has the strength to uproot mountains / And shoulder this burden across their back? / Is there anyone? Is there anyone? / If there is, the family gates are wealthy and noble; / If not, how we have let down old Lu!"