大慧普覺禪師語錄 4.24

4.24

Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "Setting aside for a moment that the Patriarch's mind seal is like the mechanism of an iron ox, what matter was illuminated by facing the wall for nine years?" The Master said: "Spanning his body across the universe, who is the person sticking out his head?" The monk continued: "Is returning to the West with a single shoe authentic or not?" The Master said: "Not authentic." The monk continued: "I know the Master is accustomed to using this device." The Master said: "Yes." The monk then shouted; the Master also shouted, and then said: "Just now Shanxiu gave a shout that shook heaven and moved earth; Jingshan followed with a shout that had no clue at all. If you understand at the place where there is no clue, then you will know how to take a broken connecting cord and pierce the nostrils of everyone under heaven. If you take it up at the place that shakes heaven and moves earth, your own nostrils will be pierced by someone else taking a broken connecting cord. Right at such a time, how can this fault be avoided? Du! Du! Du! Nowhere to go, nowhere to go."