虛堂和尚語錄 9.136

9.136

開爐并翻蓋佛殿上堂，僧問：「德山入門便拆却，和尚入門重建一新，此意如何？」師云：「汝纔入門，先穿却汝鼻孔。」僧云：「恁麼則各立門風去也。」師云：「低聲低聲，牆壁有耳。」僧云：「此事且止，記得趙州示眾云：『我三十年前，在火爐頭，說箇無賓主話。』此意如何？」師云：「投以五十犗，舉臂釣滄海。」僧云：「如何是賓主話？」師云：「鈍鳥籬邊毅不去。」僧云：「可謂冷暖箇中看火色，祖師心印為親傳。」師云：「果然跳不出。」僧云：「趙州道：『無賓主話，至今無人舉著。』又作麼生？」師云：「孫臏放癡。」僧云：「今日徑山開爐，還許學人議論也無？」師云：「斬釘截鐵未是作家。」

Ascending the hall for opening the stove and rebuilding the Buddha hall, a monk asked: "Deshan dismantled it as soon as he entered the gate, while the Venerable rebuilt it anew upon entering the gate; what is the meaning of this?" The Master said: "The moment you entered the gate, your nostrils were pierced first." The monk said: "If so, then each establishes his own house style." The Master said: "Lower your voice, lower your voice; walls have ears." The monk said: "Let this matter rest. I recall Zhaozhou instructing the assembly: 'Thirty years ago, by the stove, I spoke a phrase with neither host nor guest.' What is the meaning of this?" The Master said: "Cast fifty oxen as bait, raise the arm to angle in the vast ocean." The monk said: "What is the phrase with host and guest?" The Master said: "A dull bird beside the fence resolutely does not leave." The monk said: "One might say: observing the color of the fire amidst cold and warmth, the ancestral teacher's mind-seal is personally transmitted." The Master said: "Indeed, you cannot leap out." The monk said: "Zhaozhou said: 'A phrase with neither host nor guest—until now, no one has brought it up.' What about this?" The Master said: "Sun Bin feigned idiocy." The monk said: "Today at Jingshan when the stove is opened, do you still allow the student to debate?" The Master said: "Cutting nails and cleaving iron is not yet an adept."