宏智禪師廣錄 3.76

3.76

舉僧問雪峯。聲聞人見性。如夜見月。菩薩人見性。如晝見日。未審。和尚見性如何。峯打三下。後問巖頭。頭打三掌。雪竇云。應病與藥。且打三下。據令而行。合打多少。師云。雪竇一期趁快。往往後人作行令會。却殊不知。雪峯巖頭是箇無固必漢。

[The Master] cited: A monk asked Xuefeng, "When Śrāvakas see the nature, it is like seeing the moon by night; when Bodhisattvas see the nature, it is like seeing the sun by day. I wonder, what is it like when the Venerable sees the nature?" Xuefeng struck him three times. Later, [the monk] asked Yantou; Yantou gave him three slaps. Xuedou said, "Applying medicine according to the disease, he struck three times for now. If carried out in accordance with the command, how many blows ought to be struck?" The Master said, "Xuedou was merely being hasty for a time, leading later people often to understand it as carrying out the command. Yet little do they realize that Xuefeng and Yantou were fellows without obstinacy or fixed views."