佛祖歷代通載 17.144

17.144

（卅五　壬子）　汝州寶應南院顒禪師示寂。師系河北人嗣興化獎禪師。上堂示眾曰。赤肉團上壁立千仞。時有僧問。赤肉團上壁立千仞。豈不是和上語。師曰是。其僧乃掀倒禪床。南院曰。這瞎驢便棒。又云。諸方只具啐啄同時眼。不具啐啄同時用。有僧便問。如何是啐啄同時用。云作家不啐啄。同時失。僧云。此猶未是某甲問處。云汝問處作麼生。僧云。失。師乃打。僧不肯後於雲門會下聞二僧舉前因緣。一僧云。當時南院。棒折那。僧聞此語忽然大悟。方見南院答話處。僧却回汝州省覲。值師遷化乃訪風穴。穴認得便問。上座是當時問南院啐啄同時話底麼。僧云是。穴云。會也未。僧云。會也。穴云。爾當時作麼生會。僧云。某甲當時如燈影中行相似。穴云。汝會也。

(35; Renzi [952]) Chan Master Baoying Nanyuan Yong of Ruzhou entered cessation. The master was a native of Hebei and an heir of Chan Master Xinghua Jiang. Ascending the hall, he instructed the assembly, saying: 'Upon the lump of red flesh, a precipice rises thousands of cubits!' At that time a monk asked, '"Upon the lump of red flesh, a precipice rises thousands of cubits"—is that not the Venerable's own phrase?' The master said, 'It is.' That monk thereupon overturned the meditation bench. Nanyuan said, 'Give this blind ass the stick!' He also said, 'Those everywhere only possess the eye of pecking and tapping simultaneously, but do not possess the function of pecking and tapping simultaneously.' A monk promptly asked, 'What is the function of pecking and tapping simultaneously?' He said, 'An adept does not peck and tap; simultaneously both are lost.' The monk said, 'This is still not where I am asking.' He said, 'How is the place of your asking?' The monk said, 'Lost.' The master struck him. The monk did not accept it. Later, under Yunmen's assembly, he heard two monks bringing up the previous encounter. One monk said, 'At that time, was Nanyuan's stick broken?' Hearing these words, the monk suddenly had a great awakening and only then saw the place of Nanyuan's response. The monk then returned to Ruzhou to pay homage. Encountering the master's passing, he visited Fengxue. Fengxue recognized him and asked, 'Are you the senior monk who asked Nanyuan about pecking and tapping simultaneously back then?' The monk said, 'I am.' Fengxue said, 'Do you understand yet?' The monk said, 'I understand.' Fengxue said, 'How did you understand back then?' The monk said, 'At that time, it was as if I was walking in the shadows of a lamp.' Fengxue said, 'You understand.'