密菴和尚語錄 1.143

1.143

上堂，僧問：「放行特地隔千山，把住無端亦自瞞，千手大悲難摸𢱢，鐵牛撞破趙州關。如何是趙州關？」師云：「天上天下人透不過。」進云：「有佛處不得住時如何？」師云：「頭上漫漫。」進云：「無佛處急走過，又作麼生？」師云：「三千里外逢人不得錯舉。」進云：「恁麼則不去也。」師云：「劄。」進云：「摘揚花摘揚花，又作麼生？」師云：「丁一卓二。」進云：「金毛獅子尾吒沙。」師乃笑，僧禮拜。師乃云：「有佛處不得住，陝府鐵牛雙角露；無佛處急走過，南海波斯鼻孔大；三千里外摘揚花，種豆由來生稻麻。」拈拄杖云：「趙州來也。」遂卓一卓下座。

Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "Letting go deliberately separates by a thousand mountains; holding fast for no reason also deceives oneself. The thousand-handed Mahākāruṇika can hardly feel it out; the iron ox crashes through Zhaozhou's barrier. What is Zhaozhou's barrier?"
The Master said: "People above heaven and below heaven cannot pass through."
The monk continued: "What is it like when one cannot remain in a place where there is a Buddha?"
The Master said: "Vast and boundless above the head."
The monk continued: "How about running past quickly where there is no Buddha?"
The Master said: "Meeting people three thousand leagues away, do not mention it mistakenly."
The monk continued: "Then I shall not go."
The Master said: "Zha!"
The monk continued: "Plucking willow catkins, plucking willow catkins—what about that?"
The Master said: "Ding one, zhuo two."
The monk continued: "The golden-haired lion shakes its tail."
The Master then laughed, and the monk bowed. The Master then said: "Where there is a Buddha, one cannot remain—the two horns of the iron ox of Shan Prefecture are exposed. Where there is no Buddha, run past quickly—the nostrils of the Persian from the Southern Seas are large. Three thousand leagues away, plucking willow catkins—planting beans originally produces rice and hemp." He took up his staff and said: "Zhaozhou has come!" He then struck once and descended from the seat.