續傳燈錄 21.41

21.41

南嶽南臺允恭禪師。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。眼睛突出。問祖意教意是同是別。師曰。阿難合掌迦葉擎拳。乃曰。稀逢難遇正在此時。何謂也。釋迦已滅彌勒未生。舉起拂子曰。正當今日佛法盡在這箇拂子上。放行把住。一切臨時。放行也風行草偃瓦礫生光。拾得寒山點頭拊掌。把住也水洩不通精金失色。德山臨濟飲氣吞聲。正當恁麼時。放行即是把住即是。良久曰。後五日看。

Chan Master Nantai Yungong of Mount Nanyue. A monk asked, 'What is the Buddha?' The master said, 'The eyes pop out.' A monk asked, 'Are the Patriarch's intent and the teaching's intent the same or different?' The master said, 'Ānanda joins his palms; Kāśyapa raises his fist.' He then said, 'A rare meeting, hard to encounter, is precisely at this moment. Why so? Śākyamuni has already passed away, and Maitreya is not yet born.' Holding up his whisk, he said, 'Just on this day, the Buddhadharma is entirely upon this whisk. Letting go or holding fast—everything depends on the moment. When letting go, the wind blows and the grass bends, and shards of tile and rubble radiate light; Shide and Hanshan nod their heads and clap their hands. When holding fast, not a drop of water leaks through, and refined gold loses its luster; Deshan and Linji swallow their breath and hold their tongues. Just at such a moment, is letting go right, or is holding fast right?' After a long pause, he said, 'Look in another five days.'