如淨和尚語錄 1.108

1.108

煎笋上堂大眾。開淨慈玄門。現歡喜世界。時有寶蓮峯竹尊者。再三彈指。慇懃發聲。自念風月精神。氷霜骨相。和氣啟勾芒爐鞴。春風生頭角兒孫。盡大地領來。與作家相見。相見既了。而說偈言。禪禪猛火著油煎。通身赤骨律交輥。出人前。覷著則眼睛枯。嗅著則鼻頭裂。一任牙如劍樹口似血盆。塞斷咽喉。掁破漆桶。於是竹尊者。呵呵大笑辭退而歸。直得高拂雲霄。靜摩嵓壑。化龍應有日。鳴鳳在今時。正當恁麼。且道。南山主人如何批判。還委悉麼。依舊一堂風冷淡轉添。千古意馨香舉。古德云。石上迸出長長笋。今日將來剝了煎。海底泥牛噇一頓。鑽天鷂子肚皮穿。

Ascending the hall on frying bamboo shoots, [the Master said]: "Assembly! Opening the mysterious gate of Jingci, manifesting the World of Joy. At that time, the Venerable Bamboo of Precious Lotus Peak snapped his fingers again and again, earnestly raising his voice. He thought to himself: 'Spirit of wind and moon, bone and frame of ice and frost; genial warmth opens the forge of the Spring God, the spring wind gives birth to descendants with heads and horns.' Bringing them all from the great earth to meet with an adept. Having met, he spoke a gāthā: / 'Zen, Zen! Fried in oil over a fierce fire, / The whole body completely naked, rolling and tumbling together. / Coming before others: look at it, and the eyes dry up; / Smell it, and the nostrils split! / Let teeth be like sword trees and mouths like blood basins; / Choking off the throat, smashing open the lacquer bucket!' / Thereupon, the Venerable Bamboo gave a great laugh, took his leave, and returned. Directly reaching to brush high into the clouds, quietly stroking the crags and ravines. Transforming into a dragon must have its day; the singing phoenix is here right now. At just such a time, tell me, how does the master of the Southern Mountain judge it? Do you fully understand? As before, a hall of wind is cool and plain; / Added all the more, the fragrant intent of a thousand ages. / Raising: An ancient master said: 'Long, long bamboo shoots burst forth from the rock; today I take them, peel them, and fry them. The mud ox at the bottom of the sea devours a meal of them; the belly of the sky-boring sparrowhawk is pierced through.'"