佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.22

3.22

[Case 25] Case: The Hermit of Lotus Flower Peak held up his staff and showed it to the assembly, saying: (Look! On the crown of his head he possesses a single eye; this too is a nest of the people of the time.) / “When ancient people reached here, why were they unwilling to stay?” (One must not drive stakes into empty space; provisionally erecting a conjured city.) / The assembly was silent. (Thousands and myriads like hemp and millet. That’s a bit better; what a pity, a flock of handsome falcons!) / He spoke in their place: “Because on the road they had no purchase.” (If you discern on the road, there is still half a month’s journey at stake. Even if they had purchase, what would it be good for? How could there be entirely none?) / He said again: “Ultimately, what about it?” (Thousands and myriads just sit down right here; among thousands and myriads, one or two understand.) / And again spoke in their place: “Carrying his staff horizontally across his shoulders, paying no regard to anyone, he goes straight into the thousands and myriads of peaks!” (It would be fitting to give him thirty blows of the staff. Just because he carries a board, cheeks visible from behind the head, do not associate with him!).