宏智禪師廣錄 2.87

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舉洛浦臨終示眾云。今有一事。問儞諸人。這箇若是。即頭上安頭。若道不是。即斬頭覓活。時首座云。青山常舉足。日下不挑燈。浦云。是什麼時節。作這箇說話。有彥從上座。出云。去此二途。請師不問。浦云。未在更道。從云。某甲道不盡。浦云。我不管儞道盡道不盡。從云。某甲無侍者祗對和尚。浦便休。至晚喚從上座問。儞今日祗對。甚有來由。合體得先師道。目前無法。意在目前。他不是目前法。非耳目所到。且道。那句是賓。那句是主。若揀得出。分付盋袋子。從云不會。浦云汝合會。從云實不會。浦喝出云。苦哉苦哉。僧問。和尚尊意如何。浦云。慈舟不棹清波上。劍峽徒勞放木鵝。頌曰。

When Luopu was approaching death, he instructed the assembly, saying, "Now there is one matter I ask of you all. If this is right, it is placing a head on top of a head. If you say it is not right, it is severing the head to seek life." At that time the head monk said, "The green mountain always lifts its foot; beneath the sun one does not light a lamp." Pu said, "What time is it to speak such words?" Senior Monk Yancong came forward and said, "Departing from these two paths, I request the master not to ask." Pu said, "Not yet; speak further." Cong said, "I cannot speak it completely." Pu said, "I do not care whether you speak it completely or incompletely." Cong said, "I have no attendant to respond to the venerable priest." Pu then stopped. That evening, he called Senior Monk Cong and asked, "Your response today had great cause and reason. It surely embodies what my late master said: 'Before the eyes there are no phenomena; the intention is before the eyes. It is not phenomena before the eyes, beyond the reach of ears and eyes.' Now tell me, which phrase is the guest, and which phrase is the host? If you can discern this, I will entrust the bowl-bag to you." Cong said, "I do not understand." Pu said, "You ought to understand." Cong said, "Truly, I do not understand." Pu shouted him out, saying, "Bitter! Bitter!" A monk asked, "What is the venerable priest's intention?" Pu said, "The boat of compassion does not row upon clear waves; in the sword gorges it is in vain to release a wooden duck." The ode says: