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明覺禪師語錄 2.146

明覺禪師語錄 2.146

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Classical Chinese

2.146

舉:「僧問投子:『如何是十身調御?』投子下繩床立。又問:『凡聖相去多少?』投子下繩床立。」師云:「此公案,諸人無不委知,若漝麼舉,天下衲僧盡為念話社家,雪竇莫有長處也無。試為大眾舉看,凡聖相去多少,投子下繩床立,如何是十身調御?投子下繩床立。且道與前來舉底同別?若道一般,許上座具一隻眼;若云別有奇特,也許上座具一隻眼。復更開一線道,凡聖相去多少?請上座下一轉語。如何是十身調御?答一轉話。非但參見投子,亦乃知雪竇長處。或若總道下繩床立,惜取眉毛。」便下座。

He cited: "A monk asked Touzi, 'What is the Tamer of the Ten Bodies?' Touzi got down from the rope-chair and stood. The monk also asked, 'How far apart are the ordinary and the sacred?' Touzi got down from the rope-chair and stood." The Master said, "With this kōan, there is none of you who does not know it intimately. If it is cited like this, the patch-robed monks under heaven will all become a society for reciting words. Could Xuedou have an exceptional point or not? Let me try citing it for the assembly: How far apart are the ordinary and the sacred? Touzi got down from the rope-chair and stood. What is the Tamer of the Ten Bodies? Touzi got down from the rope-chair and stood. Tell me, is this the same as or different from the previous citation? If you say it is the same, I grant that the elder possesses a single eye; if you say there is something extraordinarily different, I also grant that the elder possesses a single eye. I will open another thread of a path: How far apart are the ordinary and the sacred? Please, elder, offer a turning word. What is the Tamer of the Ten Bodies? Answer with a turning phrase. Not only will you have met Touzi, but you will also know Xuedou's exceptional point. Or, if all of you simply say, 'He got down from the rope-chair and stood,' spare your eyebrows!" Then he stepped down from his seat.

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