法演禪師語錄 2.56

2.56

At an informal gathering, he said, "Bodhidharma came from the West, not establishing words, directly pointing to the human mind, seeing one's nature and becoming a Buddha. Suppose someone suddenly stepped forward and said, 'Elder, you usually like to ask people in your room what their mind is; I do not understand, so I ask the Elder instead: what is the Upādhyāya's mind?' This old monk would say to him, 'Coming here to pluck the tiger's whiskers—what kind of mind could be spoken of to you so rashly?' If he further asked, 'The story of the cypress tree—how does the Elder understand it?' I would say to him, 'I have an expedient means.' 'What expedient means do you have?' 'You must first ask the head monk!' If he further asked, 'Deshan gave thirty blows with his stick as soon as someone entered the gate; how do you understand that?' Hearing this, my flesh shivers. 'Linji shouted as soon as someone entered the gate; how do you understand that?' What broken grass sandals are these! Even if you penetrate them all at once, seven times nine is still sixty-eight."