大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.38
English (machine translation) 7.38
- Language
- English
7.38
Instructing the assembly, he cited: "Magu, carrying his staff, came to Zhangjing. He circled the meditation seat three times, struck the staff once, and stood tall and erect."
The Master said, "Forged from pure steel, cast from pig iron."
"Zhangjing said, 'Right, right.'"
The Master said, "Spreading three or five layers of brocade over flowers."
"Magu also carried his staff to Nanquan, circled the meditation seat three times, struck the staff once, and stood tall and erect."
The Master said, "He has already suffered defeat."
"Nanquan said, 'Not right, not right.'"
The Master said, "Adding handcuffs on top of the cangue."
"Magu said, 'Zhangjing said "right"; why does the Venerable say "not right"?'"
The Master said, "A sorrowful person should not speak to a sorrowful person."
"Nanquan said, 'Zhangjing was right; it is you who are not right. This is turned by the power of the wind; in the end it falls into ruin.'"
The Master said, "Try taking a torch and looking: how thick is Nanquan's face?"
He then addressed the assembly: "Yunmen has judged it like this; tell me: does he approve of him or not?"
Linked texts (1)
- 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — Classical Chinese