如淨和尚語錄 1.23

1.23

斂衣就座（問答不錄）乃云（提綱）露柱懷胎忽然爆裂。突出無孔鐵槌。歷劫都盧敗缺。直得金粟大士陞玉麟堂。親從毛錐子上。吹一陣業風。使其變作水牯牛徹顛徹狂。東撑西拄南倒北擂。未免犯太平水草。破清涼田地。深栽荊棘遍布蒺䔧。以此斷臨濟命根。以此瞎衲僧眼目。以手拍膝云。叱叱。者畜生驢腮馬頷。相句引惱亂閻浮笑殺人。雖然與麼。畢竟功歸何處。總在吾皇聖化中。復舉（結座）三聖道。逢人則便出。出則不為人。興化道。我逢人則不出。出則便為人。此兩則公案驗盡衲僧。難為著眼。忽被我大檀越建康府主等閑覻破舉似清涼。可謂龍吟雲起。虎嘯風生。未免借尚書鼻孔。為叢林出氣。有箇口號舉似諸人。一舉首登龍虎榜。太平親到鳳凰池。全生全殺超言象。更透機先向上機。

Gathering his robes, he took the seat. (The questions and answers are not recorded.) Then he presented the essentials, saying: "The exposed pillar became pregnant and suddenly burst open, abruptly thrusting out an iron hammer without a hole, broken and ruined through kalpas of time. It directly caused Mahāsattva Jinamātṛ to ascend the Jade Kirin Hall and, right from the hairy brush, blow a gust of karmic wind, making it turn into a water buffalo, utterly mad and utterly frantic—propping to the east, supporting to the west, tumbling to the south, thrashing to the north. Inevitably it infringed upon the water and grass of the peaceful era and ruined the fields of Qingliang, planting brambles deeply and scattering caltrops everywhere. With this, he severed Linji's life-root; with this, he blinded the patch-robed monks' eyes." Slapping his knees with his hands, he said, "Hey! Hey! This beast with donkey jaws and horse cheeks entices and disturbs Jambudvīpa, laughing people to death! Though it is like this, in the end, to where does the merit return? It all rests within our Emperor's sagely transformation." He brought up [an ancient case] to conclude the session: "Sansheng said, 'Whenever I meet someone, I immediately go out; when I go out, it is not for the sake of the person.' Xinghua said, 'Whenever I meet someone, I do not go out; when I go out, it is immediately for the sake of the person.' These two gong'ans test patch-robed monks to the limit, hard to fix an eye upon. Suddenly, my great dānapati, the Prefect of Jiankang, saw through them casually and brought them to Qingliang's attention. This may truly be called: a dragon roars and clouds arise; a tiger whistles and the wind is born. Inevitably borrowing the Minister's nostrils to vent steam for the monastery, I have an impromptu verse to present to everyone: / At the first attempt, your name leads the dragon-and-tiger roll; / In peaceful times, you personally reach the Phoenix Pool. / Giving full life and full death, surpassing words and forms; / Passing beyond even the prior dynamic to the transcendent pivot."