法演禪師語錄 3.36

3.36

Ascending the hall, the Master cited: “Puhua said: ‘If it comes in the light, I strike in the light; if it comes in the dark, I strike in the dark; if it comes from empty space, I strike from empty space; if it comes from the four quarters and eight directions, I strike with a flail.’ Linji heard of this and sent a monk to ask: ‘What when it does not come in any such way at all?’ Puhua said: ‘Tomorrow there is a vegetarian feast at the Great Compassion Cloister.’ If it were Wuzu, it would not be so. If someone asked, ‘What when it does not come in any such way at all?’ I would strike along with the sound [of his voice]. He would surely say, ‘Wuzu's blind flail and sightless stick.’ I only want you to speak like this. Why? Bring it up before all directions at your will!”