萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.6

4.6

Case: Yunyan asked Daowu, 'What does the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion use so many hands and eyes for?' (You asking like this—what are you aiming at?) Daowu said, 'Like a person in the night reaching back with his hand searching for a pillow.' (A single surge of spiritual penetration, not of a small kind.) Yunyan said, 'I understand.' (Do not pretend to be clever!) Daowu said, 'How do you understand?' (Sure enough, he does not let him off.) Yunyan said, 'All over the body are hands and eyes.' (Nowhere is there a gap or flaw.) Daowu said, 'You have said quite a lot, but you have only gotten eighty percent.' (My tongue is too short.) Yunyan said, 'How about you, senior brother?' (Where the principle is superior, one submits.) Daowu said, 'Throughout the body are hands and eyes.' (Nowhere is there an obstruction.)