宏智禪師廣錄 4.299

4.299

真歇和尚入山上堂舉。阿難問迦葉。世尊傳金襴外別傳何物。迦葉召阿難。難應喏。葉云。倒却門前剎竿著。師云。一著能回一局碁。仙即妙處只些兒。點開活眼分生殺。不作窮忙死馬醫。倒却門前剎竿著。一把推出誰藏縮。工夫磨琢。老成人。圓陀陀地無稜角。

Ascending the hall when Venerable Zhengxie entered the mountain, he cited: "Ānanda asked Kāśyapa, 'Besides the golden-cloth robe, what else did the World-Honoured One transmit?' Kāśyapa called, 'Ānanda!' Ānanda replied, 'Yes?' Kāśyapa said, 'Knock down the flagpole in front of the gate.'" The Master said, "A single move can turn a game of chess; the immortal's wondrous point is just this little bit. Pointing open the living eye distinguishes life and death; do not act in desperate haste like treating a dead horse. 'Knock down the flagpole in front of the gate'—pushing it out with a single thrust, who can hide or shrink? Having polished with effort, a seasoned elder: round and rolling, without corners or edges."