人天眼目 1.120

1.120

師一日示眾云。我有時先照後用。有時先用後照。有時照用同時。有時照用不同時。先照後用有人在。先用後照有法在。照用同時。驅耕夫之牛。奪饑人之食。敲骨取髓。痛下針錐。照用不同時。有問有答。立主立賓。合水和泥應機接物。若是過量人。向未舉時。撩起便行。猶較些子。時有僧出問佛法大意。師云。汝試道看。僧便喝。師亦喝。僧又喝。師便打（先照後用）問如何是佛法大意。師便喝。復云。汝道好喝麼。僧便喝。師亦喝。僧又喝。師便打（先用後照）僧入門。師便喝。僧亦喝。師便打云。好打只有先鋒。且無殿後（照用同時）僧來參。師便喝。僧亦喝。師又喝。僧亦喝。師便打云。好打為伊作主不到頭無用處。主家須奪而用之。千人萬人。到此出手不得。直須急著眼看始得（照用不同時）。

One day the Master instructed the assembly, saying: "Sometimes I first illuminate and then function; sometimes I first function and then illuminate; sometimes illumination and function are simultaneous; sometimes illumination and function are not simultaneous. In 'first illuminate and then function,' there is the person. In 'first function and then illuminate,' there is the phenomenon. In 'illumination and function are simultaneous,' one drives away the plowman's ox, snatches away the starving man's food, cracks the bones to extract the marrow, and painfully drives in needles and awls. In 'illumination and function are not simultaneous,' there are questions and answers, establishing host and establishing guest, mixing water and blending mud, responding to capacities and receiving beings. If one is an extraordinary person, before it is even raised, lifting up one's robes and walking away would still be slightly better." At that time, a monk came forward and asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" The Master said, "You try to say something." The monk then shouted. The Master also shouted. The monk shouted again. The Master then struck him. (First illuminate and then function.) [Another monk] asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" The Master immediately shouted, and further said, "Do you say that was a good shout?" The monk then shouted. The Master also shouted. The monk shouted again. The Master then struck him. (First function and then illuminate.) A monk entered the door. The Master immediately shouted. The monk also shouted. The Master then struck him, saying, "A good strike! There is only a vanguard, but no rear guard." (Illumination and function are simultaneous.) A monk came for instruction. The Master immediately shouted. The monk also shouted. The Master shouted again. The monk also shouted. The Master then struck him, saying, "A good strike! Playing the host for him does not reach the end and is useless. The householder must snatch it away and make use of it. When thousands and tens of thousands arrive here, they cannot lay a hand on it. One must look closely with urgent eyes before one gets it." (Illumination and function are not simultaneous.)