景德傳燈錄 8.12

8.12

Upādhyāya Shilin. One day Layman Pang came. The Master held up his fly-whisk and said, "Without falling into Danxia's dynamic, try saying a phrase!" The Layman snatched the fly-whisk away and raised his own fist instead. The Master said, "That is precisely Danxia's dynamic!" The Layman said, "Show me without falling into it!" The Master said, "Danxia suffers from muteness; Old Pang suffers from deafness." The Layman said, "Just so, just so!" The Master was silent. The Layman said, "As I said, it just happened to be like that." The Master was again silent. Another day, the Master asked the Layman, "I have a question to ask; Layman, do not begrudge your words." The Layman said, "Please bring it up." The Master said, "So you do begrudge your words after all." The Layman said, "Without realizing it, this greeting fell into his trap." The Master simply covered his ears. The Layman said, "An adept! An adept!"