佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 9.9

9.9

The questioner never knew; (East and west not distinguished. Playing with an object without knowing its name. Buying a hat according to the head.) / The answerer still did not understand. (North and south not divided. Exchanging the skull. South of the river, north of the river.)
Cold moon, high wind; (What is it like? Today is just such a time. People of the world have eyes yet have never seen it; they have ears yet have never heard it.)
An ancient crag, a chilly cypress. (Even better when it is not raining. A holeless flute hits a felt clapper.) / How laughable: encountering a person of the Way on the road, (You must arrive here in person to attain it. Give me back my staff! Coming like this in droves.)
Not greeting them with speech or silence. (At what place do you see Dalong? With what should you greet him?)
Holding a white jade whip in hand, (From one to seven, broken off.) / He smashed every black dragon pearl to pieces. (Leave them for later generations to see. A pity!)
If not smashed to pieces, (Letting a move pass by. Going like that again.) / Flaws and blemishes will multiply. (What are you doing playing with mud balls? Even more sloppy. A crime filling heaven.)
The state has its statutes— (Those who know the law are fearful. Three thousand blows in the morning, eight hundred in the evening.) / Three thousand crimes. (You have only spoken half of it. From eighty-four thousand immeasurable kalpas falling into avīci karma, not even half has been repaid.)