圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.3

2.3

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "For instance, swinging a sword into empty space—how is it when there is a person who has no sword and also does not swing at empty space?"
The Master said, "Great assembly! See his failure."
The monk continued, "The student simply pushes forward; why does the Venerable not let it pass?"
The Master said, "It would be best not to slander Chongning."
The monk continued, "Why are you unwilling to acknowledge it?"
The Master said, "Hiding the body while exposing the shadow."
The monk continued, "Caught in failure today."
The Master said, "Indeed."
A monk asked, "How was it before Niutou met the Fourth Patriarch?"
The Master said, "Heaven and earth could not know."
The monk continued, "How was it after he met him?"
The Master said, "It became a model for past and present."
The monk continued, "Benevolence and righteousness are severed only from poverty."
The Master said, "Sticking his head out from a ghost cave."
He then said, "Lush and green, deep and clear, leaking the heavenly secret at the tips of the hundred grasses; clustered with flowers, clustered with brocade, exposing true wisdom beside the bustling marketplace. The sounding of gold and chiming of jade, the scenery striking the ground; the lightning flash and shooting star, the functioning reaching to heaven. Setting aside for now not taking the myriad dharmas as companions, how is it when the needle-eye fish swallows the great statue of Jiazhou? Ough!" He stepped down from the seat.