景德傳燈錄 12.69

12.69

汝州寶應和尚（亦曰南院第一世住顒禪師）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。豈不是和尚道。師曰是。其僧乃掀禪床。師曰。遮瞎驢便棒。師問僧。近離什麼處。曰長水。師曰東流西流。曰總不恁麼。師曰作麼生。僧珍重。師打之。趁下法堂。僧到參。師舉拂子。僧曰。今日敗闕。師放下拂子。僧曰。猶有遮箇在。師乃棒之。師問僧。近離什麼處。曰近離襄州。師曰。來作什麼。曰特來禮拜和尚。師曰。恰遇寶應老不在。僧便喝。師曰。向汝道不在。又喝作什麼。僧又喝。師乃棒之。其僧禮拜。師曰。遮棒本分汝打我我且打汝。三五棒要此話。大行思明和尚未住西院時。到參禮拜後白曰。別無好物人事。從許州買得一口江西剃刀來獻和尚。師云汝從許州來。什麼處得江西剃刀。明把師手掐一下。師云。侍者收取。明拂袖而去。師云。阿剌剌。師上堂云。諸方只具啐啄同時眼。不具啐啄同時用。時有僧便問。如何是啐啄同時用。師云。作家相見不啐啄。啐啄同時失。僧云。此猶未是某甲問處。師云。汝問處又作麼生。僧云。失師乃打之。其僧不肯。其僧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。其僧却來汝州省覲值師已遷化。乃訪風穴。風穴認得便問。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。某甲當時如在燈影裏行相似。穴云汝會也。

Upādhyāya Baoying of Ru Prefecture (also called Chan Master Yong, first-generation abbot of Nanyuan). Ascending the hall, he instructed the assembly: "Upon the red lump of flesh stands a wall a thousand cubits high." At that time a monk asked, "'Upon the red lump of flesh stands a wall a thousand cubits high'—is this not what the Master said?" The Master said, "It is." The monk then overturned the meditation platform. The Master said, "This blind donkey!" and gave him the staff. The Master asked a monk, "Where have you recently come from?" The monk said, "Changshui." The Master said, "Flowing east or flowing west?" The monk said, "Neither at all." The Master said, "What about it?" The monk said, "Take care." The Master struck him and chased him down from the Dharma hall. A monk came for an interview. The Master raised his fly-whisk. The monk said, "A total failure today!" The Master lowered the fly-whisk. The monk said, "This still remains." The Master gave him the staff. The Master asked a monk, "Where have you recently come from?" The monk said, "I have recently come from Xiang Prefecture." The Master said, "What have you come for?" The monk said, "I have come especially to pay homage to the Master." The Master said, "It so happens that old Baoying is not here." The monk shouted. The Master said, "I told you I am not here; why shout again?" The monk shouted again. The Master gave him the staff. The monk bowed. The Master said, "As for this blow with the staff, by rights you should strike me, but I strike you instead. Three to five blows of the staff are needed for this topic." Before Upādhyāya Siming of Daxing resided at Xiyuan, he came for an interview. After bowing, he said, "I have no other fine gifts from my travels; I bought a Jiangxi razor in Xu Prefecture to present to the Master." The Master said, "You came from Xu Prefecture; where did you get a Jiangxi razor?" Ming gave the Master's hand a pinch. The Master said, "Attendant, take it." Ming shook his sleeves and walked away. The Master said, "A-la-la!" The Master ascended the hall and said, "The other quarters only possess the eye of simultaneous tapping and pecking; they do not possess the functioning of simultaneous tapping and pecking." At that time a monk asked, "What is the functioning of simultaneous tapping and pecking?" The Master said, "When masters meet, there is no tapping and pecking; simultaneous tapping and pecking is a loss." The monk said, "This is not yet what I was asking." The Master said, "What then was your question?" The monk said, "A loss!" The Master struck him. That monk did not accept it. Later, while in the assembly of Yunmen, the monk heard two monks bring up this past encounter. One monk said, "At that time, Nanyuan's staff broke." Upon hearing these words, the monk suddenly had great enlightenment and only then saw the point of Nanyuan's answer. The monk then went back to Ru Prefecture to pay respects, but found that the Master had already passed away. He visited Fengxue. Fengxue recognized him and asked, "Are you the sthavira who back then asked Nanyuan about the matter of simultaneous tapping and pecking?" The monk said, "I am." Fengxue said, "Do you understand now?" The monk said, "I understand." Fengxue said, "How did you understand it at that time?" The monk said, "At that time, it was as if I was walking in the shadow of a lamp." Fengxue said, "You understand."