佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.25

8.25

[76] Case: Danxia asked a monk, "Where do you come from?" (It is precisely true that one cannot have no place of origin at all. It is also not hard to know where he comes from.) / The monk said, "From the foot of the mountain." (Wearing straw sandals, he walks straight through your belly. But he just does not understand. The words have an echo; he came with implicit meaning. Who knows whether he is yellow or green?) / Danxia said, "Have you eaten your meal yet?" (Pouring out the first ladle of dirty water. Why must there be a fixed graduation on the steelyard? He wants to know the exact truth.) / The monk said, "I have eaten." (As expected, he bumped into an uncarved pillar. Instead, his nostrils have been pierced by a bystander. Turns out he is an iron hammer without a hole.) / Danxia said, "Does the person who brought the meal for you to eat still have eyes?" (Although this is using power to intimidate another, it is also concluding the case according to the confession. At that moment it would have been good to overturn the Chan seat. Why act so pointlessly?) / The monk had no words. (As expected, he could not get away. If this monk had been an adept, he would have said to him: "They are just like the Reverend's eyes.") / Changqing asked Baofu, "Giving food to someone to eat has a share in repaying gratitude; why did he not have eyes?" (He only managed to say half. The whole body is it; the pervasive body is it. One slash in two parts. One hand raises, one hand presses down.) / Baofu said, "The giver and the receiver are both blind men." (Acting according to the imperative. One phrase says it all. Rarely does one meet such a person.) / Changqing said, "If one exhausts his dynamic function, does he still turn out blind?" (What good and bad does he discern? He is still unwilling to agree. What bowl is he looking for?) / Baofu said, "Can you say that I am blind?" (Both are men in the grass. A dragon's head and a snake's tail. At that time, when he waited for him to say, "If one exhausts his dynamic function, does he still turn out blind?" he should have simply said to him: "Blind!" Even so, he only managed to say half. Both are adepts; why can they not reach the village in front, nor catch up with the inn behind?)