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# 人天眼目 1.91

人天眼目 1.91

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.1.91)

師一日示眾云。參學人大須仔細。如賓主相見。便有言說往來。或應物現形。或全體作用。或把機權喜怒。或現半身。或乘師子。或乘象王。如有真正學人。便喝先拈出一箇膠盆子。善知識不辨是境。便上他境上。做模做樣。學人又喝。前人不肯放。此是膏肓之病。不堪醫治。喚作賓看主。或是善知識。不拈出物。隨學人問處即奪。學人被奪抵死不放。此是主看賓。或有學人。應一箇清淨境界。出善知識前。善知識辨得是境。把得住拋向坑裏。學人言。大好善知識即云。咄哉不識好惡。學人便禮拜。此喚作主看主。或有學人披枷帶鎖。出善知識前。善知識更與安一重枷鎖。學人歡喜。彼此不辨。喚作賓看賓。大德山僧所舉。皆是辨魔揀異。知其邪正。

> One day the Master instructed the assembly, saying: “Those who study and practice must be extremely careful. When host and guest meet, there is the coming and going of words. Or they manifest forms in response to things; or they function with the entire body; or they wield the provisional means of joy and wrath; or they reveal half the body; or they ride a lion; or they ride an elephant king. Suppose there is a genuine student who immediately shouts, first bringing out a basin of glue; the good spiritual friend does not discern that it is an environment, and immediately goes upon his environment, putting on airs and postures. The student shouts again, but the former person refuses to let go. This is a disease in the vitals, beyond curing; it is called guest looking at host. Or perhaps the good spiritual friend does not bring out anything, but following the place of the student's question, immediately snatches it away; the student, having been snatched away, clings to the death and will not let go. This is called host looking at guest. Or there may be a student who responds with a pure environment, coming out before the good spiritual friend; the good spiritual friend discerns that it is an environment, seizes it firmly, and tosses it into a pit. The student says, ‘What a fine good spiritual friend!’ and \[the friend\] immediately says, ‘Bah! You don't recognize good from bad!’ The student then bows. This is called host looking at host. Or there may be a student wearing cangue and locks, who comes out before the good spiritual friend; the good spiritual friend adds another layer of cangue and locks for him; the student is delighted, neither discerning the other. This is called guest looking at guest. Virtuous ones, what this mountain monk has cited is all to discern demons and distinguish differences, so as to know their falsity and correctness.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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