景德傳燈錄 22.16

22.16

福州羅山義聰禪師。師上堂大眾立久。師曰。若有分付處。羅山即不具眼。若無分付處即勞而無功。所以維摩昔日對文殊。且道如今會也無。僧問。如何是出窟師子。師曰。什麼處不震裂。僧曰。作何音響。師曰。聾者不聞。問手指天地唯我獨尊。為什麼却被傍者責。師曰。謂言胡鬚赤。僧曰。只如傍者有什麼長處。師曰。路見不平所以按劍。

Chan Master Yicong of Luoshan in Fuzhou. The Master went up to the hall, and the assembly stood for a long time. The Master said, 'If there were a place of transmission, Luoshan would lack eyes; if there were no place of transmission, one would labor without result. Thus Vimalakīrti once faced Mañjuśrī. Now tell me, do you understand or not?' A monk asked, 'What is the lion emerging from its cave?' The Master said, 'Where is not shattered?' The monk said, 'What sound does it make?' The Master said, 'The deaf do not hear.' [The monk] asked, 'Pointing with fingers to heaven and earth, [he proclaimed], "I alone am the honored one." Why was he instead reproached by an onlooker?' The Master said, 'It is said that the barbarian's beard is red.' The monk said, 'Just what special strength does that onlooker have?' The Master said, 'Seeing injustice on the road, he presses his sword.'