萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.37

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師舉。臨濟廣語道。五蘊身田內。有無位真人。堂堂顯露。無絲髮許間隔。何不識取。心法無形。通貫十方。既言通貫十方。不止在五蘊身田面門出入。初心未證據者看看。萬松道。無位真人。看眾僧。眾僧看真人。時有僧問。如何是無位真人。諸方喚作和聲送事。爭奈騎驢者。不見坐下。濟下禪床擒住。且道。真人在那頭。好與一掌。這僧擬議。真人不在。可惜許。濟托開云。無位真人。是甚乾屎橛。當面諱却。雪峯云。臨濟大似白拈賊。萬松道。敗也。雪竇云。夫善竊者鬼神莫知。既被雪峯覷破。臨濟不是好手。復召大眾。雪竇今日換爾諸人眼睛了也。爾若不信。各自歸寮舍。摸索看。萬松道。雪竇和眉毛失却。要解賊手中作賊。問取天童始得。頌云。

The Master raised the case: Linji's Extensive Sayings states: 'Within the bodily field of the five aggregates, there is a true person without status, manifestly appearing, without a hairsbreadth of separation. Why do you not recognize it? The dharma of the mind has no form; it pervades the ten directions.' Since it is said to pervade the ten directions, it is not only going out and in through the facial gates of the bodily field of the five aggregates. 'Those beginners who have not yet verified this, look, look!' Wansong says: The true person without status looks at the assembly of monks; the assembly of monks looks at the true person. At that time, a monk asked, 'What is the true person without status?' The various quarters call this 'sending off the matter with the sound of the voice.' But what can be done when one who rides the donkey does not see beneath his seat? Linji came down from the meditation seat and grabbed him. Now tell me, at which end was the true person? He deserved a palm strike. The monk hesitated: the true person was not present; what a pity! Linji pushed him away, saying, 'The true person without status—what kind of dried shit-scraper is it!' Denying it directly to his face! Xuefeng said, 'Linji is very much like a daylight robber.' Wansong says: Exposed! Xuedou said, 'One who is skilled at theft is unknown even to ghosts and spirits. Since he was seen through by Xuefeng, Linji was no adept.' He then called to the assembly: 'Today Xuedou has changed all of your eyes! If you do not believe it, go back to your respective quarters and feel around to see!' Wansong says: Xuedou has lost his eyebrows along with them! If you wish to understand being a thief in the hands of a thief, you must ask Tiantong. The verse says: