人天眼目 1.7

1.7

When the Master first arrived in Hebei to dwell in a monastery, he saw the two senior monks Puhua and Kefu, and thereupon said to them: 'I wish to establish the ancestral school of Huangbo here. You two should assist me.' The two men said 'Take care' and went down. Three days later, Puhua nevertheless came up and asked: 'What did the Venerable say three days ago?' The Master struck him at once. Three days later, Kefu came up and asked: 'Why did the Venerable strike Puhua yesterday?' The Master also struck him. That evening at the informal assembly he said: 'Sometimes I snatch away the person but not the environment; sometimes I snatch away the environment but not the person; sometimes I snatch away both person and environment; sometimes I snatch away neither person nor environment.'