佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 2.48

2.48

雪竇據欵結案。他雖恁麼頌。且道意在什麼處。甚處是無眼。甚處是死水裏。到這裏須是有變通始得。所以道。澄潭不許蒼龍蟠。死水何曾有獰龍。不見道。死水不藏龍。若是活底龍。須向洪波浩渺白浪滔天處去。此言龍牙走入死水中去。被人打。他却道打即任打。要且無祖師西來意。招得雪竇道死水何曾振古風。雖然如此。且道。雪竇是扶持伊是減他威光。人多錯會道。為什麼。只應分付與盧公。殊不知。却是龍牙分付與人。大凡參請。須是向機上辨別。方見他古人相見處。禪板蒲團不能用。翠微云。與我過禪板來。牙過與他。豈不是死水裏作活計。分明是駕與青龍。只是他不解騎。是不能用也。只應分付與盧公。往往喚作六祖非也。不曾分付與人。若道分付與人要用打人。却成箇什麼去。昔雪竇自呼為盧公。他題晦迹自貽云。圖畫當年愛洞庭。波心七十二峯青。而今高臥思前事。添得盧公倚石屏。雪竇要去龍牙頭上行。又恐人錯會。所以別頌要剪人疑解。雪竇復拈云。

Xuedou closes the case according to the confession. Although he wrote such a eulogy, tell me, where is his meaning? Where is 'having no eyes'? Where is 'in dead water'? Arriving here, one must have adaptability before one gets it. Therefore it is said: 'In a clear pool, the azure dragon is not permitted to coil; how could there be a fierce dragon in dead water?' Have you not heard it said: 'Dead water does not harbor dragons'? If it is a live dragon, it must go where great billows are vast and white waves surge to the sky. This says that Longya ran into dead water; being struck by someone, he instead said: 'As for striking, strike as you will; nevertheless, there is no meaning of the ancestral master's coming from the West'—thus incurring Xuedou's remark: 'How could dead water ever rouse the ancient style?' Even though it is like this, tell me: was Xuedou upholding him, or diminishing his awe-inspiring radiance? Many people misunderstand, saying: 'Why "They should only be handed over to Lord Lu"?' Little do they realize that it was Longya who was handed over to someone. In general, in visiting and consulting masters, one must discern directly upon the dynamic; only then will one see where the ancients met one another. 'The meditation board and cushion could not be used'—Cuiwei said: 'Pass me the meditation board.' Longya passed it to him. Is this not making a living in dead water? It was clearly presenting him with an azure dragon, yet he did not know how to ride it; this is 'could not be used.' 'They should only be handed over to Lord Lu'—people often call this the Sixth Patriarch, which is wrong. They were not handed over to another person. If one says they were handed over to someone who wanted to use them to strike people, what would that come to? Formerly, Xuedou called himself Lord Lu. In inscribing his poem 'Concealing Traces, Bequeathed to Myself,' he wrote: 'In painting, in years past, I loved Dongting; in the heart of the waves, seventy-two peaks were green. Now lying high, I recall former times, adding Lord Lu leaning against the stone screen.' Xuedou wanted to walk atop Longya's head; yet fearing that people would misunderstand, he made another eulogy to cut off people's doubts and interpretations. Xuedou brought it up again, saying: