圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.3

18.3

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."