[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004) › 3.40 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.40 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.40) 師云。圓覺云。猶如迷人四方易處。其實方本不移。悟時亦只依舊。宗鏡云。從來迷悟似迷。今日悟迷非悟。此真妙傳而簡。惠而不費。薦得則赤肉團。便是無位真人。不薦則真人依舊面門出入。這僧也有。只是拈不出。用不行。却與真人。作奴傳言。送語問消問息。勞他臨濟降尊就卑覿體全用。這僧既措手不及。臨濟亦抽身不顧。見得匙抄不上。便道。無位真人是甚乾屎橛。此能放能收。呼得聚。喝得散。終不繫綴死在句下與人胸次作病。天台云。吹一吹即世界成。喝一喝即世界壞。更道。當吹時便喝。當喝時便吹。列子公儀子以力聞。周宣王備禮聘之。既至。懦夫也。王問。卿力何如。對曰。臣能折春蟲之股。堪秋蟬之翼。王作色曰。吾力能裂犀兕之革。曳九牛之尾。猶憾其弱。爾如是而以力聞何也。對曰。臣之名不以負其力者。以能用其力者也。此頌臨濟收放力用。法眼開井。被沙塞却泉眼。問僧。泉眼不通沙塞。道眼不通。被甚麼物礙。僧無對。自代云。被眼礙。且道。是這僧塞斷泉眼。臨濟塞斷泉眼。忽然突出時如何。師拈拄杖下座。大眾一時走散。 > The Master said: The Sūtra of Complete Enlightenment says: 'Just as a lost person confuses the four directions, yet in reality the directions have not moved; when he awakens, they are also just as before.' The Zongjing says: 'Originally, delusion and awakening seemed like delusion; today, awakening to delusion is not awakening.' This is truly 'wonderfully transmitted and concise,' generous without expense. If you grasp it, then the lump of red flesh is just the true person without status. If you do not grasp it, the true person goes out and in through the facial gates just as before. This monk also had it, only he could not bring it out, could not put it to use. Instead, he acted as a servant for the true person, delivering words, conveying messages, and inquiring after news. It troubled Linji to lower his honor and approach the lowly, directly using the whole substance. Since the monk was caught unprepared, Linji also pulled away without looking back. Seeing that the spoon could not scoop it up, he then said, 'The true person without status—what kind of dried shit-scraper is it!' This can release and can capture, call together and shout apart, never binding dead words to cause sickness in people's chests. Tiantai says: 'One blow, and the world is formed; one shout, and the world is destroyed.' Furthermore, he says: 'At the very moment of blowing, shout; at the very moment of shouting, blow.' Liezi says: Gongyizi was renowned for his strength. King Xuan of Zhou engaged him with all due rites. When he arrived, he was a weakling. The king asked, 'How great is your strength?' He replied, 'Your subject can break the thigh of a spring insect and bear the wing of an autumn cicada.' The king changed countenance and said, 'My strength can tear rhinoceros hide and drag the tails of nine oxen, yet I still regret its weakness. Being as you are, why are you renowned for strength?' He replied, 'Your subject's renown is not based on bearing strength, but on being able to use strength.' This versifies Linji's powerful function of gathering and releasing. When Fayan dug a well, the spring-eye was blocked by sand. He asked a monk, 'The spring-eye is not clear because sand blocks it. The eye of the Way is not clear; what blocks it?' The monk had no reply. Fayan answered for him: 'It is blocked by the eye.' Now tell me: did this monk block the spring-eye, or did Linji block the spring-eye? When it suddenly bursts forth, how is it? The Master picked up his staff and descended from the seat. The assembly dispersed all at once. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.39) - [Next: 3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.41) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.3.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.57) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.40) · Pramāṇa