佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.33
English (machine translation) 3.33
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3.33
Since the question has an aim (Penetratingly discerning the oncoming wind. / The arrow is not shot in vain.), / The answer also corresponds (How could there be two kinds? / Like a bell awaiting the strike. / The effort is not wasted.).
The three phrases can be discerned (Upper, middle, lower. / Now which phrase is this? / You must grasp it outside the three phrases to attain it.), / An arrowhead flies through the vast void (It hits the mark. / Past it! / Striking against it, bumping into it. / The arrow has shot past Silla!).
Across the great wild, a cool gale soughs and sighs (Covering heaven and circling the earth. / Do you feel your bones and hairs stand erect? / It is let go and sent forth.),
In the vast sky, fine rain drizzles and mists (The wind is billowing, the water boundless. / Above the head, boundless; under the feet, boundless.). / Do you not see the guest at Shaolin sitting long and not returning (There is another fellow who lacks sharpness, / bringing immense trouble upon people. / Pouring down over the head of the Yellow River.)
Quietly leaning against Bear Ear, cluster upon cluster? (Fit whether opening the eyes; fit whether closing the eyes. / Setting up livelihood in the ghost cave. / Blind and deaf, who reaches this realm? / You cannot avoid having your front teeth knocked out.)
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- 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — Classical Chinese