明覺禪師語錄 3.74

3.74

舉：「夾山與定山同行，言話次，定山云：『生死中無佛則無生死。』夾山云：『生死中有佛則不迷生死。』互相不肯，同上大梅。相見了，具說前事，夾山問：『未審那箇親？那箇疎？』梅云：『一親一疎。』山又問：『那箇親？』梅云：『且去，明日來。』夾山至來日又問：『未審那箇親？』梅云：『親者不問，問者不親。』夾山住後云：『我當時在大梅，失却一隻眼。』」師云：「夾山畢竟不知換得一隻眼。大梅老漢當時聞舉，若以棒一時打出，豈止劃斷兩人葛藤，亦乃為天下宗匠。」

[The Master] cited: "Jiashan and Dingshan were traveling together. While conversing, Dingshan said, 'If within birth-and-death there is no Buddha, then there is no birth-and-death.' Jiashan said, 'If within birth-and-death there is a Buddha, one is not deluded by birth-and-death.' Neither consenting to the other, they went together to Damei. After meeting him, they fully recounted the preceding matter. Jiashan asked, 'I do not know which is intimate and which is distant?' Damei said, 'One is intimate, one is distant.' Shan asked again, 'Which is intimate?' Damei said, 'Go for now; come tomorrow.' On the next day, Jiashan came and asked again, 'I do not know which is intimate?' Damei said, 'The intimate one does not ask; the one who asks is not intimate.' Later, when Jiashan was dwelling [as abbot], he said, 'At that time at Damei, I lost an eye.'" The Master said, "Jiashan ultimately did not know that he had exchanged for an eye. If the old fellow Damei, upon hearing it cited at that time, had struck both of them out at once with his stick, not only would he have cut through the entanglements of both men, but he would also have become an ancestral master for the world."