佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.46

5.46

還定當得麼。若定當得雲門鼻孔。在諸人手裏。若定當不得。諸人鼻孔。在雲門手裏。雲門有斬釘截鐵句。此一句中具三句。有底問著。便道鉢裏飯。粒粒皆圓。桶裏水。滴滴皆顯。若恁麼會。且不見雲門端的為人處。頌云。

Can you settle it? If you can settle it, Yunmen's nostrils are in your hands; if you cannot settle it, your nostrils are in Yunmen's hands. Yunmen had phrases that cut through nails and sheared through iron; in this single phrase are contained three phrases. Some, when asked, immediately say: "The rice in the bowl—every grain is round; the water in the bucket—every drop is distinct." If you understand it like this, you have not yet seen Yunmen's genuine way of helping people. The verse says: