佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.27

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臨機具眼。不顧危亡。所以道。不入虎穴。爭得虎子。百丈尋常如虎插翅相似。這僧也不避死生。敢捋虎鬚便問。如何是奇特事。這僧也具眼。百丈便與他擔荷云。獨坐大雄峯。其僧便禮拜。衲僧家須是別未問已前意始得。這僧禮拜。與尋常不同。也須是具眼始得。莫教平生心膽向人傾。相識還如不相識。只這僧問。如何是奇特事。百丈云。獨坐大雄峯。僧禮拜。丈便打。看他放去則一時俱是。收來則掃蹤滅跡。且道他便禮拜意旨如何。若道是好。因甚百丈便打他作什麼。若道是不好。他禮拜有什麼不得處。到這裏須是識休咎別緇素。立向千峯頂上始得。這僧便禮拜。似捋虎鬚相似。只爭轉身處。賴值百丈頂門有眼。肘後有符。照破四天下。深辨來風。所以便打。若是別人無柰他何。這僧以機投機。以意遣意。他所以禮拜。如南泉云。文殊普賢。昨夜三更。起佛見法見。各與二十棒。貶向二鐵圍山去也。時趙州出眾云。和尚棒教誰喫。泉云。王老師有什麼過。州禮拜。宗師家等閑不見他受用處。纔到當機拈弄處。自然活鱍鱍地。五祖先師常說。如馬前相撲相似。爾但常教見聞聲色一時坐斷。把得定作得主。始見他百丈。且道放過時作麼生。看取雪竇頌出云。

Possessing eyes when facing dynamic function, one pays no heed to peril and ruin. Therefore it is said: "If you do not enter the tiger's den, how can you catch tiger cubs?" Baizhang was ordinarily like a tiger with wings attached; this monk also did not shy from life and death, daring to pluck the tiger's whiskers, asking straight out: "What is an extraordinary thing?" This monk also possessed eyes. Baizhang shouldered it for him, saying: "Sitting alone on Great Hero Peak." The monk then bowed. A patch-robed monk must distinguish the intent prior to the question before it will do. This monk's bowing was different from ordinary; he too had to possess eyes before it would do. Do not let the heart and courage of an entire lifetime be poured out toward another; an acquaintance is still like a stranger. Just this monk asking: "What is an extraordinary thing?" Baizhang saying: "Sitting alone on Great Hero Peak"; the monk bowing, and Baizhang striking—look at how when he lets go, all are right at once; when he gathers in, he sweeps away tracks and erases traces. Tell me, what was the monk's meaning in bowing? If you say it was good, why did Baizhang strike him? If you say it was not good, what fault was there in his bow? Arriving here, one must recognise good and ill fortune, and distinguish black from white; one must stand on the crest of a thousand peaks before it will do. This monk bowing was just like plucking the tiger's whiskers; it was only a matter of the turning point. Fortunately Baizhang had an eye on the crown of his head and an amulet behind his elbow, illuminating the four continents and profoundly discerning the incoming wind; therefore he struck him. If it had been anyone else, they could have done nothing with him. This monk matched dynamic function with dynamic function, dismissed intent with intent; that was why he bowed. It is like Nanquan saying: "Last night at midnight, Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra gave rise to buddha-views and dharma-views; I gave each twenty blows of the staff and banished them to the double Iron Surrounding Mountains." At the time, Zhaozhou came out from the assembly and said: "Whom does the Venerable order to take the staff?" Nanquan said: "What fault does Old Master Wang have?" Zhaozhou bowed. One does not casually see an adept lineage master's function; once it comes to handling things when directly facing dynamic function, naturally it is full of life. My late master Wuzu used to say: it is like wrestling before a horse. If you can always cut off seeing, hearing, sound, and form all at once, holding fast and taking charge, only then will you see that Baizhang. Tell me, how is it when letting go? Look at what Xuedou brought forth in verse: