景德傳燈錄 21.27

21.27

婺州金鱗報恩院寶資曉悟大師上堂。大眾立久。師曰。諸兄弟各詣山門來。主人口如匾擔相似。莫成相違負也。無久在眾。兄弟也未要怪訝著。若帶參學眼何煩久立。各自歸堂珍重。師開方丈基。僧問。丈基已成如何通信。師曰。不可昧兄弟此問。僧曰。不昧底事作麼生。師曰。青天白日。問學人初心請師示箇入路。師遂側掌示之曰。還會麼。僧曰。不會。師曰。獨掌不浪鳴。問如何是報恩家風。師曰。也知闍梨入眾日淺。問古人拈搥竪拂意如何。師曰。報恩截舌有分。僧曰。為什麼如此。師曰。屈著作麼。問如何是文殊劍。師曰。不知。僧曰。只如一劍下活得底人作麼生。師曰。山僧只管二時齋粥。問如何是觸目菩提。師曰。背後是什麼立地。僧曰。學人不會乞師再示。師提拄杖曰。汝不會合喫多少拄杖。問如何是具大慚愧底人。師曰。開口取合不得。僧曰。此人行履如何。師曰。逢茶即茶遇飯即飯。問如何是金剛一隻箭。師曰。道什麼。其僧再問。師曰。過新羅國去也。問波騰鼎沸起必全真。未審古人意如何。師乃叱之。僧曰。恁麼即非次也。師曰。爾話墮也。又曰。我話亦墮汝作麼生。僧無對。問去却賞罰如何是吹毛劍師曰。延平屬劍州。僧曰恁麼即喪身失命去也。師曰。錢塘江裏潮。

Master Baozi Xiaowu of the Jinlin Bao'en Cloister in Wuzhou ascended the hall. The great assembly stood for a long time. The Master said, "Brothers, each of you has come to the mountain gate. The host's mouth is like a carrying pole; let us not cross each other or fall short. Do not stay long in the assembly. Brothers, do not take offense. If you have the eye of study, why bother standing for long? Each of you return to the hall. Take care." The Master laid out the foundation for the abbot's quarters. A monk asked, "Now that the foundation for the quarters is completed, what message will you send?" The Master said, "One cannot obscure this question of yours, brother." The monk said, "What is the matter that is not obscured?" The Master said, "Blue sky, bright sun." A monk asked, "This student is a beginner; please, Master, show me an entry path." The Master then tilted his palm to show him and said, "Do you understand?" The monk said, "I do not understand." The Master said, "A single palm does not sound in vain." A monk asked, "What is the house style of Bao'en?" The Master said, "I know that the ācārya has not been in the assembly for long." A monk asked, "What was the ancients' intention in picking up the gavel and raising the whisk?" The Master said, "Bao'en has a share in cutting off tongues." The monk said, "Why is it like this?" The Master said, "Why wrong it?" A monk asked, "What is Mañjuśrī's sword?" The Master said, "I do not know." The monk said, "What about a person who is brought to life under a single sword?" The Master said, "This mountain monk only attends to the two daily meals of porridge and rice." A monk asked, "What is bodhi right before the eyes?" The Master said, "What is standing behind your back?" The monk said, "This student does not understand; I beg the Master to show me again." The Master raised his staff and said, "Since you do not understand, how many blows of the staff do you deserve?" A monk asked, "What is a person of great shame?" The Master said, "Opening the mouth, one cannot find agreement." The monk said, "How does such a person conduct himself?" The Master said, "Meeting tea, it is tea; encountering rice, it is rice." A monk asked, "What is the single arrow of the vajra?" The Master said, "What did you say?" The monk asked again. The Master said, "It has gone past the kingdom of Silla." A monk asked, "'Waves surging and cauldrons boiling, when they arise it must be entirely real.' I wonder, what was the ancient's meaning?" The Master then shouted at him. The monk said, "Then this is out of order." The Master said, "Your words have fallen into error." He also said, "My words have also fallen into error; what about you?" The monk had no answer. A monk asked, "Setting aside reward and punishment, what is the hair-blowing sword?" The Master said, "Yanping belongs to Jianzhou." The monk said, "In that case, one loses one's body and forfeits one's life." The Master said, "The tide in the Qiantang River."