人天眼目 4.42

4.42

As for the Guiyang lineage: the father is kind and the son is filial; the superior commands and the subordinate obeys. When you wish to serve rice, I immediately hand you soup; when you wish to cross the river, I immediately punt the boat. Seeing smoke beyond the mountain, one immediately knows there is fire; seeing horns beyond the wall, one immediately knows there is an ox. One day Guishan held a communal tea-picking. Then he said to Yangshan, "All day long I only hear your voice, but do not see your form." Yangshan shook the tea tree. Guishan said, "You only attain its function, but do not attain its essence." Yangshan said, "What about you, Venerable Monk?" The Master remained silent for a long time. Yangshan said, "The Venerable Monk only attains its essence, but does not attain its function." Guishan said, "I release you from thirty blows." Continuing down to Yangshan crossing the water, Xiangyan serving tea, pushing over the wooden pillow, spreading the sitting mat, plunging the spade and standing still, or lifting the spade and walking—in general, the style of the Guiyang lineage, bringing forth conditions as instant function, forgetting calculation and attaining essence, does not go beyond this. Do you wish to see Guiyang? / When the moon sets, the deep pool has no shadow; / when clouds arise, the mountain has clothing.