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明覺禪師語錄 3.54

明覺禪師語錄 3.54

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Classical Chinese

3.54

舉:「僧請益雲門大師玄沙三種病人話,門云:『爾禮拜著。』僧禮拜起,門以拄杖便挃,僧退後,門云:『爾不是患盲。』復喚近前來,僧近前,門云:『爾不是患聾。』乃云:『還會麼?』僧云:『不會。』門云:『爾不是患瘂。』僧於此有省。」師便喝云:「者盲聾瘖瘂漢,若不是雲門,驢年去。如今有底或拈槌竪拂不管,教近前又不來。還會麼?不應諸方還奈何得麼?雪竇若不奈何,爾者一隊驢漢,有堪作箇什麼?」以拄杖一時打趁。

He cited: "A monk asked Great Master Yunmen for instruction regarding Xuansha's dialogue on the three kinds of sick people. Yunmen said, 'Make your prostrations.' When the monk finished prostrating and stood up, Yunmen thrust at him with his staff. The monk stepped back. Yunmen said, 'You do not suffer from blindness.' He called him forward again; the monk stepped forward. Yunmen said, 'You do not suffer from deafness.' He then said, 'Do you understand?' The monk said, 'I do not understand.' Yunmen said, 'You do not suffer from muteness.' At this, the monk had an awakening." The Master then gave a shout and said, "This blind, deaf, and mute fellow—had it not been for Yunmen, he would have had to wait until the year of the donkey! Nowadays, there are those who pay no heed even when one raises the mallet or erects the whisk, and when told to step forward, they do not come. Do you understand? Can the other quarters do nothing with you? If Xuedou does not do anything with you, what are you bunch of donkeys good for?" Using his staff, he drove them all away at once.

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