萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.12

5.12

Case: A monk asked Jiashan: "When sweeping away dust to see the Buddha, how is it? (What need is there?)" Shan said: "You must brandish the sword directly! (Just so.) If you do not brandish the sword, the fisherman roosts in a nest. (Sitting, then one is not the Buddha.)" The monk raised this and asked Shishuang: "When sweeping away dust to see the Buddha, how is it? (Seeing, one does not sweep; sweeping, one does not see.)" Shuang said: "He has no realm; where will you meet him? (Not sitting, then one is the Buddha.)" The monk returned and raised this to Jiashan. (Back and forth is not easy.) Shan entered the hall and said: "For household arrangements, he is not as good as this old monk; for profound discourse entering principle, I am still a hundred paces behind Shishuang. (Each got a piece.)"