大慧普覺禪師語錄 1.43

1.43

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "The teachings say: 'Dust-mote by dust-mote preaches, land by land preaches, without cessation.' I wonder what serves as the tongue?" The Master struck the right corner of the meditation couch once. The monk advanced and said, "The World-Honoured One speaks without speaking; Kāśyapa hears without hearing." The Master struck the left corner of the meditation couch once. The monk advanced and said, "I also know that today the command is not executed in vain." The Master said, "What do you know of good and bad?" He then brought up: "Zhaozhou asked Nanquan, 'Where does a person who knows there is That go?' Nanquan said, 'He goes to the house of a donor in front of the mountain to become a water buffalo.' Zhaozhou said, 'I thank you, Master, for answering my question.' Nanquan said, 'Last night at the third watch, the moon reached the window.' Yunfeng said, 'If Nanquan had not had this subsequent remark, he would almost have had Caizhou breached.'" The Master said, "Old Yunfeng lost an eye. He completely failed to realize that it was precisely because of this subsequent remark that Caizhou was breached on the spot."