佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 10.11

10.11

列聖叢中作者知。靈山八萬大眾。皆是列聖。文殊普賢。乃至彌勒。主伴同會。須是巧中之巧。奇中之奇。方知他落處。雪竇意謂。列聖叢中。無一箇人知有。若有箇作家者。方知不恁麼。何故文殊白槌云。諦觀法王法。法王法如是。雪竇道。法王法令不如斯。何故如此。當時會中。若有箇漢。頂門具眼。肘後有符。向世尊未陞座已前。覻得破。更何必文殊白槌。涅槃經云。仙陀婆一名四實。一者鹽。二者水。三者器。四者馬。有一智臣。善會四義。王若欲灑洗。要仙陀婆。臣即奉水。食索奉鹽。食訖奉器飲漿。欲出奉馬。隨意應用無差。灼然須是箇伶俐漢始得。只如僧問香嚴。如何是王索仙陀婆。嚴云。過這邊來。僧過嚴云。鈍置殺人。又問趙州。如何是王索仙陀婆。州下禪床。曲躬叉手。當時若有箇仙陀婆。向世尊未陞座已前透去。猶較些子。世尊更陞座。便下去。已是不著便了也。那堪文殊更白槌。不妨鈍置他世尊一上提唱。且作麼生是鈍置處。

"Among the ranks of sages, the adept knows." The eighty thousand in the great assembly on Mount Gṛdhrakūṭa were all ranks of sages. Mañjuśrī, Samantabhadra, and even Maitreya—host and companion gathered together in the same assembly; one had to be the most skilful of the skilful, the most wondrous of the wondrous, to know where he landed. Xuedou's meaning is that among the ranks of sages, not a single person knew it was there. Only if there were an adept would he know it was not so. Why? Mañjuśrī struck the mallet and said, "Clearly observe the Dharma of the Dharma King; the Dharma of the Dharma King is like this." Xuedou said, "The Dharma King's Dharma command is not like this." Why is it like this? At that time in the assembly, if there were a fellow who had an eye on the top of his head and a talisman behind his elbow, who saw through before the World-Honoured One had ascended the seat, why would Mañjuśrī have needed to strike the mallet? The Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra says that the single name 'saindhava' has four realities: first, salt; second, water; third, a vessel; fourth, a horse. There was a wise minister who was good at understanding the four meanings: if the king wished to wash, and asked for 'saindhava', the minister offered water; when eating, if he asked for it, he offered salt; after eating, he offered a vessel for drinking broth; when wishing to go out, he offered a horse. He applied them as needed without error. Truly, one must be a clever fellow before this is possible. Just as when a monk asked Xiangyan, "What is the king asking for saindhava?" Xiangyan said, "Come over here." The monk came over; Xiangyan said, "Making a fool of someone!" Another monk asked Zhaozhou, "What is the king asking for saindhava?" Zhaozhou stepped down from the Chan seat, bowed, and folded his hands. At that time, if there had been a saindhava who penetrated through before the World-Honoured One ascended the seat, it would have been somewhat better. For the World-Honoured One to ascend the seat and then step down was already not getting the advantage. How much less could he bear Mañjuśrī striking the mallet again! It really made a fool of the World-Honoured One's preaching on high. Now tell me, what was the foolish part?