萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.46

3.46

The Master raised the case: Lingyun saw peach blossoms and awakened to the Way. He presented a verse to Guishan. Guishan said, 'Those who enter through conditions will never regress or fall away.' Xuansha heard of this and said, 'Very exact, indeed very exact, but I dare say the old brother has not yet penetrated completely.' Lingyun heard of this and said, 'Has the Venerable penetrated yet?' Xuansha said, 'Only thus can it be so.' Tiantong's verse says this monk awakened and his mind-ground naturally accorded. This monk had newly entered the monastery, yet was proclaimed to have had great awakening and great penetration. Zen travelers who have had their fill of monastic study, tell me: is there awakening or no awakening? This is called an interrogation. Xuedou said: 'Originally without delusion or awakening, [cases] count like hemp; / I allow alone that Lingyun is an adept.' Xuansha said he had not penetrated completely, yet Xuedou alone allowed him as an adept. Xu the Sixth carrying a board sees only one side. Now tell me: did the bowl-washing monk have awakening or not? 'Peace originally was brought about by the general, / But the general is not permitted to see peace.'