虛堂和尚語錄 8.80

8.80

上堂舉：「藥山問石頭：『三乘十二分教，某甲粗知，甞聞南方直指人心，見性成佛，實未明了，伏望和尚慈悲指示。』頭云：『與麼也不得，不與麼也不得，與麼不與麼總不得，汝作麼生？』山佇思，頭云：『子因緣不在此，江西有馬大師，子往彼，應為子說。』山至彼，準前問，馬祖云：『我有時教伊揚眉瞬目，有時不教伊揚眉瞬目，有時教伊揚眉瞬目者是，有時教伊揚眉瞬目者不是。』山於是有省，便作禮，馬祖曰：『子見箇什麼道理？』山云：『某甲在石頭時，如蚊子上鐵牛。』」師云：「挾泰山、超北海，不以為難；無味之談，塞斷人口為難。雖然，藥山因什麼悟去？」卓主丈。

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Yaoshan asked Shitou: 'I have a rough knowledge of the three vehicles and the twelve divisions of the teachings. I have often heard that in the south they point directly to the human mind, seeing one's nature to become a Buddha. Truly I have not understood this; I prostrate and pray that the upādhyāya, with compassion, will instruct me.' Shitou said: 'Thus will not do; not thus will not do; thus and not thus both altogether will not do. What about you?' Yaoshan fell into thought. Shitou said: 'Your causal conditions are not here. In Jiangxi is Master Ma; you should go there, and he should explain it for you.' Yaoshan arrived there and asked just as before. Mazu said: 'Sometimes I make him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes; sometimes I do not make him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes. Sometimes making him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes is it; sometimes making him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes is not it.' Yaoshan was awakened at this and bowed. Mazu said: 'What principle did you see?' Yaoshan said: 'When I was at Shitou's, it was like a mosquito on an iron ox.'" The Master said: "Tucking Mount Tai under one's arm and leaping over the northern sea is not considered difficult; using tasteless words to block people's mouths is difficult. Even so, through what did Yaoshan awaken?" He struck with his staff.