明覺禪師語錄 2.4

2.4

He raised: "Linji instructed the assembly, saying, 'There is a true person of no rank constantly going in and out through the gates of your faces. Those of initial aspiration who have not yet verified it: look, look!' At that time a monk asked, 'What is the true person of no rank?' Linji came down from the meditation bench and seized him; the monk hesitated in thought, and Linji pushed him away, saying, 'What kind of dry piece of shit is the true person of no rank?' Xuefeng heard of this and said, 'Linji is very much like a plain-clothes thief.'" The Master said, "One who is skilled at stealing is unknown even to gods and ghosts; since he was seen through by Xuefeng, Linji was not a skilled hand." He again called out to the great assembly: "Today Xuedou has swapped your eyes; if you do not believe it, go back to your respective quarters and grope about for yourselves to see."