圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.49

17.49

He cited: "Xinghua instructed the assembly, saying, 'Today there is no need for "how" or "what"; please enter directly with a single blade, and Xinghua will bear witness for you.' At that time, Senior Monk Minde came forth from the assembly, prostrated, rose, and gave a shout. Xinghua also gave a shout. Minde gave another shout, and Xinghua also gave a shout. Minde then prostrated. Xinghua said, 'Today Minde is down by twenty blows from Xinghua. If it were anyone else, not a single blow could be omitted. Why? Because that Minde understands that a single shout is not used merely as a single shout.'"
The Master critiqued this, saying, "Adepts meeting each other must be like this: the dynamic like lightning, the eyes like shooting stars; from beginning to end, supporting head and tail together—what is called having similar feathers and matching voices. Just as the two parties shouted back and forth at each other, tell me: how does one discern that a single shout is not used merely as a single shout? If you wish to undertake Linji's Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, you must clarify the intention of these two elder masters. And tell me: what was their intention? 'At the top of a hundred-foot pole, one must take a step forward; / Inside the purple silk curtain, scatter genuine pearls.'"