圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.61

18.61

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."