人天眼目 1.17

1.17

師示眾云。如諸方學人來。山僧此問。作三種根器斷。如中下根器來。我便奪其境。而不除其法。或中上根器來。我便境法俱奪。如上上根器來。我便境法人俱不奪。如有出格見解人來。山僧此間。便全體作用。不歷根器。大德到這裏。學人著力處不通風。石火電光即蹉過了也。學人若眼目定動。即沒交涉（凡五家宗主垂示處稱師。後皆倣此）。

The Master instructed the assembly, saying: 'When students from the various directions come, this mountain monk makes judgments based on three kinds of capacities. If one of medium or lower capacity comes, I snatch away their environment but do not eliminate their phenomena. If one of medium or upper capacity comes, I snatch away both environment and phenomena. If one of the highest capacity comes, I snatch away neither environment, phenomena, nor person. If a person of extraordinary view comes, this mountain monk here operates with the whole body, without going through capacities. Virtuous ones, arriving here, the place where the student exerts effort admits not a breath of wind; in the spark of a flint or a flash of lightning, it is already missed. If the student's eyes waver, there is instantly no connection.' (Whenever the heads of the Five Houses give instruction, they are referred to as 'the Master'; the rest follow this hereafter.)