續傳燈錄 24.33

24.33

真州長蘆妙覺慧悟禪師上堂。盡大地是箇解脫門。把手拽不肯入。雪峯老漢抑逼人作麼既到這裏為甚麼鼻孔在別人手裏。良久曰。貪觀天上月失却手中橈。僧問。雁過長空影沈寒水。雁無遺縱之意。水無沈影之心。還端的也無。師曰。蘆花兩岸雪江水一天秋。曰便恁麼去時如何。師曰。雁過長空聻。僧擬議。師曰。靈利衲子。

Chan Master Changlu Miaojue Huiwu of Zhenzhou ascended the hall and said, 'The entire great earth is a gate of liberation, yet even when dragged by the hand people refuse to enter. Why did old man Xuefeng coerce people? Once having arrived here, why are your nostrils in someone else's hands?' After a long pause, he said, 'Greedily gazing at the moon in heaven, one loses the oar in one's hand.' A monk asked, 'The wild goose passes through the boundless sky, its shadow sinks in the cold water. The goose has no intention of leaving a trace; the water has no mind to sink the shadow. Is this truly so or not?' The master said, 'Reed flowers on both banks are snow; river water beneath a sky of autumn.' The monk asked, 'What about when going forward just like this?' The master said, 'What about the wild goose passing through the boundless sky?' The monk hesitated. The master said, 'A sharp patch-robed monk.'