圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.3

18.3

舉：「僧問馬大師：『離四句，絕百非，請師直指某甲西來意。』大師云：『我今日勞倦，不能為汝說，問取智藏去。』」師著語云：「錯。」「僧問智藏，藏云：『我今日頭痛，不能為汝說，問取海兄。』」師著語云：「錯。」「僧問海，海云：『我到這裏却不會。』」師著語云：「錯。」「僧回舉似馬大師，大師云：『藏頭白，海頭黑。』」師著語云：「錯錯。」師拈云：「若是明眼漢，一舉便知落處，白雲先師道：『這僧擔一擔懞懂，換得箇不安樂。』馬大師道：『藏頭白，海頭黑。』白雲拈云：『風后先生只知其一不知其二。』只如山僧下五箇錯，且道：落在什麼處？莫將閑學解，埋沒祖師心。」

He brought up [the following case]: "A monk asked Great Master Ma: 'Departing from the four propositions and extinguishing the hundred negations, please, Master, point out directly to me the meaning of the [Patriarch's] coming from the West.' The Great Master said: 'I am tired today and cannot explain it to you. Go ask Zhizang.'" The Master [Yuanwu] appended the word: "Wrong." "The monk asked Zhizang; Zang said: 'I have a headache today and cannot explain it to you. Go ask Brother Hai.'" The Master appended the word: "Wrong." "The monk asked Hai; Hai said: 'Having come to this point, I nevertheless do not understand.'" The Master appended the word: "Wrong." "The monk returned and recounted this to Great Master Ma. The Great Master said: 'Zang's head is white; Hai's head is black.'" The Master appended the words: "Wrong, wrong." The Master commented: "If one is a person with clear eyes, at a single mention one immediately knows where it lands. My late master Baiyun said: 'This monk carried a load of muddle-headedness and exchanged it for unease.' Great Master Ma said: 'Zang's head is white; Hai's head is black.' Baiyun commented: 'Master Fenghou only knows the first, not the second.' Now, as for this mountain monk giving five 'wrongs'—tell me, where do they land? Do not take idle learning and understanding to bury the Patriarch's mind."