明覺禪師語錄 3.5

3.5

He brought up: "Baizhang visited Mazu a second time. While standing in attendance, Mazu looked with his eyes at the whisk on the corner of the meditation bed. Baizhang said: 'Identical to this function, detached from this function.' Mazu said: 'In the future, when you open your two lips, what will you use to help people?' Baizhang took the whisk and held it upright. Mazu said: 'Identical to this function, detached from this function.' Baizhang hung the whisk back in its former place. Mazu then gave a shout, leaving Baizhang deaf for three days." The Master said: "Remarkable, O Chan worthies! Nowadays, those who align with his lineage are very many, but those who investigate its source are extremely few; they all say that Baizhang attained great awakening under the shout. Is it really true or not? Yet, just as 'diao' and 'dao' resemble each other, and 'yu' and 'lu' are confused, if one is a clear-eyed fellow, you cannot deceive him in the slightest. Just take Mazu's saying 'In the future, when you open your two lips, what will you use to help people?'—when Baizhang held up the whisk, was it like an insect gnawing wood, or was it pecking from inside and tapping from outside simultaneously? Do you people want to understand the three days of deafness? Refined gold from the great forge should undergo no change in color."