人天眼目 1.121

1.121

An ancient master said: "The host shouts once to test the guest; the guest shouts once to test the host; the host shouts again to test the guest; the guest shouts again to test the host. After the four shouts, there is neither guest nor host. Arriving here, the host snatches it away and tolerates the other no longer." Ciming instructed the assembly, saying: "Sometimes first illuminate and then function; sometimes first function and then illuminate; sometimes illumination and function are simultaneous; sometimes illumination and function are not simultaneous. Therefore it is said: there is light and there is darkness; there is rising and there is falling." He then shouted once and said: "Tell me, is this illumination or is this function? Is there anyone who can distinguish black from white? If there is, try coming forward to show your clumsy ineptitude. If not, this mountain monk suffers a defeat."