圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.61

18.61

舉：「定山夾山同行，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。』二人各謂己語親切，往大梅舉而質之，梅云：『一親一疎。』二人下去，次日夾山往問：『阿那箇親？』梅云：『親者不問，問者不親。』夾山住院後，舉此謂眾云：『我當時失却一隻眼。』雪竇拈云：『夾山畢竟不知當時換得一隻眼。』」

Case: Dingshan and Jiashan were walking together. 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, then one is not deluded by birth and death." Each of the two considered his own words intimate, so they went to Damei to present them and ask for his judgment. Damei said, "One is intimate, one is distant." The two stepped down. The next day Jiashan went and asked, "Which one is intimate?" Damei said, "The intimate one does not ask; the one who asks is not intimate." After Jiashan became an abbot, he cited this to the assembly, saying, "At that time I lost an eye." Xuedou commented, saying, "Jiashan after all did not realize that at that time he gained an eye in exchange."