大慧普覺禪師語錄 3.52

3.52

上堂，僧問：「釋迦掩室於摩竭，淨名杜口於毘耶？為復計較未成，為復伎倆俱盡？」師云：「計較未成，伎倆俱盡。」問：「有問有答，一切處風流；無問無答，還有佛法也無？」師云：「是何言歟？」進云：未「審向甚麼處行履？」師云：「向無佛法處行履。」乃云：「有問有答，有放有收，有主有賓，有殺有活。活時無殺時道理，殺時無活時道理，賓家無主家道理，主家無賓家道理。賓則始終賓，主則始終主，賓主交參，當門按劍。不見適來禪客問，釋迦掩室於摩竭，淨名杜口於毘耶，為復計較未成，為復伎倆俱盡？山僧答他道：『計較未成，伎倆俱盡。』諸人作麼生會？若也會得，全賓即主、全主即賓，全收即放、全放即收，全殺即活、全活即殺。」乃喝一喝云：「這裏是甚麼所在，作這箇語話？」自云：「但有路可上，更高人也行。」

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "Did Śākya close his room in Magadha, and Vimalakīrti shut his mouth in Vaiśālī, because their calculations had not succeeded, or because their tricks were both exhausted?" The Master said, "Their calculations had not succeeded, and their tricks were both exhausted." [The monk] asked, "With question and answer, there is flair everywhere; when there is neither question nor answer, is there still Buddha Dharma or not?" The Master said, "What kind of talk is that?" [The monk] advanced and said, "May I inquire in what place one should practise?" The Master said, "Practise in the place where there is no Buddha Dharma." He then said, "There are question and answer, letting go and gathering in, host and guest, killing and giving life. At the time of giving life, there is no principle of killing; at the time of killing, there is no principle of giving life. The guest has no principle of the host; the host has no principle of the guest. The guest is guest from beginning to end; the host is host from beginning to end. When guest and host intermingle, hand rests on sword right at the gate. Do you not see the Chan traveler just now asking: 'Did Śākya close his room in Magadha, and Vimalakīrti shut his mouth in Vaiśālī, because their calculations had not succeeded, or because their tricks were both exhausted?' This mountain monk answered him: 'Their calculations had not succeeded, and their tricks were both exhausted.' How do you all understand this? If you can understand, the complete guest is the host, the complete host is the guest; the complete gathering in is letting go, the complete letting go is gathering in; the complete killing is giving life, the complete giving life is killing." Then he gave a shout and said, "What place is this to speak such words?" He said to himself, "As long as there is a path to ascend, even loftier people will tread it."