佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.16

5.16

[Case 44] Heshan gave instruction, saying: "Practicing study is called hearing; ending study is called neighborliness. (Patch-robed monks of the world cannot leap out. An iron hammer without a hole, an iron stake.) / Surpassing these two is true surpassing." (What is having an eye on the top of the head for?)
A monk came forward and asked, "What is true surpassing?" (What are you saying? Cancelled with a single stroke. There is an iron stake.)
Heshan said, "Knowing how to beat the drum." (An iron stake. Iron caltrops. Solid and firm.)
He asked again, "What is the ultimate truth?" (What are you saying? A double gong'an. There is another iron stake.)
Heshan said, "Knowing how to beat the drum." (An iron stake. Iron caltrops. Solid and firm.)
He asked again, "'Mind itself is Buddha' is not what I ask; what is 'neither mind nor Buddha'?" (What are you saying? This rubbish heap. Three different sections. Another iron caltrop.)
Heshan said, "Knowing how to beat the drum." (An iron stake. Iron caltrops. Solid and firm.)
He asked again, "When a transcendent person arrives, how do you receive him?" (What are you saying? Meeting his fourth ladle of foul water. There is another iron stake.)
Heshan said, "Knowing how to beat the drum." (An iron stake. Iron caltrops. Solid and firm. Tell me, where does it fall? Morning arriving in the Western Heaven, evening returning to the Eastern Land.)