虛堂和尚語錄 8.92

8.92

上堂，舉：「雲門問僧：『甚處來？』僧云：『西禪。』門云：『西禪近日有何言句？』僧展兩手，門打一掌，僧云：『某甲話在。』門展兩手，僧無語，門便打。」師拈云：「電光石火之機則不無雲門，爭奈性命落在者僧手裏。」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Yunmen asked a monk: 'Where do you come from?' The monk said: 'Xichan.' Yunmen said: 'What sayings has Xichan had lately?' The monk opened both hands. Yunmen struck him with a slap. The monk said: 'I still have words.' Yunmen opened both hands; the monk had nothing to say, and Yunmen immediately struck him." The Master took it up and said: "The dynamic function of lightning and flint spark Yunmen certainly possessed, but what can be done when his life fell into this monk's hands?"