人天眼目 1.72

1.72

首山示眾云。老僧尋常問汝道。這裏一喝不作一喝用。有時一喝作問行。有時一喝作探竿影草。有時一喝作踞地師子。有時一喝作金剛王寶劍。若作問行來時。急著眼看始得。若作探竿影草。爾諸人合作麼生。若作踞地師子。野干須屎尿出始得。若作金剛王寶劍用時。天王也須腦裂。只與麼橫喝竪喝。總喚作道理商量。

Shoushan instructed the assembly, saying: “This old monk usually asks you: ‘Here, a shout does not act as a shout. Sometimes a shout acts as an inquiry; sometimes a shout acts as a sounding pole and shadowing grass; sometimes a shout acts as a crouching lion; sometimes a shout acts as the precious sword of the Diamond King.’ If it comes acting as an inquiry, you must urgently fix your eyes on it before you can succeed. If it acts as a sounding pole and shadowing grass, what should you all do? If it acts as a crouching lion, the jackal must defecate and urinate before it will do. If it acts as the precious sword of the Diamond King, even the Heavenly King's head must split open. Only by shouting horizontally and shouting vertically in this way is it entirely called discussing principle.”