禪林寶訓 4.18

4.18

心聞賁和尚曰。衲子因禪致病者多。有病在耳目者。以瞠眉努目側耳點頭為禪。有病在口舌者。以顛言倒語胡喝亂喝為禪。有病在手足者。以進前退後指東劃西為禪。有病在心腹者。以窮玄究妙超情離見為禪。據實而論無非是病。惟本色宗師明察幾微。目擊而知其會不會。入門而辨其到不到。然後用一錐一劄。脫其廉纖攻其搭滯。驗其真假定其虛實。而不守一方便昧乎變通。俾終蹈於安樂無事之境。而後已矣（語錄）。

Master Xinwen Ben said: "Among patch-robed monks, there are many who contract illness on account of Chan. Some have an illness in their ears and eyes: taking staring eyebrows, glaring eyes, cocking the ear, and nodding the head to be Chan. Some have an illness in their mouth and tongue: taking contradictory speech, preposterous talk, and reckless shouting to be Chan. Some have an illness in their hands and feet: taking stepping forward, stepping back, pointing east, and drawing west to be Chan. Some have an illness in their mind and belly: taking plumbing the abstruse, probing the wondrous, transcending feelings, and leaving views behind to be Chan. Judging by reality, none of these is not an illness. Only a genuine lineage master clearly perceives subtle signs; at a single glance, he knows whether one understands or does not understand; upon one's entering the gate, he discerns whether one has arrived or not arrived. Afterward, employing a single awl and a single slip, he strips away one's fine attachments, attacks one's entanglements, verifies one's authenticity or falsity, and determines one's emptiness or reality. Not adhering to a single expedient means and not being blind to adaptability, he ensures that one ultimately steps into the realm of peace, joy, and non-affair, and only then does he cease." (Recorded Sayings)