虛堂和尚語錄 8.97

8.97

上堂，舉：「永嘉大師道：『一切數句非數句，與吾靈覺何交涉？』靈覺妙明，豈不是數句？色聲香味觸法，豈不是數句？每日山鳴谷應、風起水湧，豈不是數句？雖然如是，又置永嘉真覺大師在何處？」卓主丈：「唇上畢斑賓狗剝，舌頭當的帝都丁。」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Great Master Yongjia said: 'All reckoning phrases and non-reckoning phrases—what connection do they have with my luminous awareness?' Is not the wondrous clarity of luminous awareness a reckoning phrase? Are not forms, sounds, scents, tastes, touchables, and phenomena reckoning phrases? Everyday the mountains resound and the valleys echo, the wind rises and the waters surge—are these not reckoning phrases? Even though it is like this, where then do you place Great Master Yongjia Zhenjue?" He struck with his staff: "On the lips: bi ban bin gou bo; on the tongue: dang di di du ding."