大慧普覺禪師語錄 1.41

1.41

上堂，僧問：「情生智隔，想變體殊，情未生時隔從何得？」師云：「元來是箇飯袋子。」進云：「未審意旨如何？」師云：「隔。」乃拈拄杖舉：「三聖云：『我逢人即出，出則不為人。』」卓一下云：「賊身已露，放過不可。興化聞云：『我逢人即不出，出則便為人。』」又卓一下云：「已露賊身，不可放過。大凡宗師決斷是非，要得開人眼目，不可一向盲枷瞎棒，且道：這兩箇老漢有甚麼過？」擲下云：「龍蛇易辯，衲子難謾。」

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "'When feelings arise, wisdom is blocked; when thoughts change, the substance differs.' When feelings have not yet arisen, where does the block come from?" The Master said, "Turns out you are just a rice bag." The monk advanced and said, "I do not understand what the meaning is." The Master said, "Blocked." He then took up his staff and brought up: "Sansheng said: 'Whenever I meet someone, I go out, but when I go out, it is not for people's sake.'" Striking once, [the Master] said, "The thief's body is already exposed; he cannot be let off. Xinghua heard this and said: 'Whenever I meet someone, I do not go out, but when I go out, it is for people's sake.'" Striking again, [the Master] said, "Having already exposed the thief's body, he cannot be let off. Generally, when ancestral teachers settle right and wrong, they must open people's eyes; they must not just blindly apply flails and blind sticks. Tell me, what fault do these two old fellows have?" Throwing [the staff] down, he said, "Dragons and snakes are easy to distinguish, but patch-robed monks are difficult to deceive."