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J34nB300_p0249c20晚參。云:「見到用不到,只為沒有師承,此人有眼無手;J34nB300_p0249c21用到見不到,只為工夫不到,此人有手無眼。忽然見J34nB300_p0249c22到用到時如何?如無手人行拳,如無眼人看戲。雖然,J34nB300_p0249c23祇陀恁麼道,也是拗曲作直,阿誰無手行甚麼拳?阿J34nB300_p0249c24誰無眼看甚麼戲?」監院問:「阿誰是甚麼?」師云:「不喚作J34nB300_p0249c25監院。」院云:「爭奈已喚作監院何?」師打云:「更問甚麼阿J34nB300_p0249c26誰?」
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J34nB300_p0250b25大眾晚參畢,師云:「天寒,各請歸堂。」維那拜辭云:「求之J34nB300_p0250b26不得。」次日又參畢,師又云云。那又拜辭云:「大似隨人J34nB300_p0250b27轉。」師云:「求之不得。世諦嘗情,大似隨人轉。強作主宰,J34nB300_p0250b28俱已墮坑落塹了也。作麼生下得一語救取維那?」眾J34nB300_p0250b29下語不契,師代云:「賣俏作麼?」
J34nB300_p0250b30晚參。舉:「有一老僧命二徒肩輿而行,中途有人問云:J34nB300_p0250c01『既是和尚,為甚麼抬和尚?』」僧皆無語,師令眾代語,一J34nB300_p0250c02僧云:「手下無人身不貴。」一僧云:「因我得抬他。」一僧云:J34nB300_p0250c03「天共白雲曉。」師皆不諾,乃代云:「不可抬別人去也。」復J34nB300_p0250c04頌云:「本來同體如天普,莫不尊親故配天,豈可反教J34nB300_p0250c05抬別去?兩肩四足盡茫然。」
J34nB300_p0250c06晚參。舉:「玄沙與天龍上山次,見一虎,天龍云:『和尚!虎。』J34nB300_p0250c07玄沙云:『是汝虎話。』」又舉:「雪竇云:『要與人天為師,面前J34nB300_p0250c08端的是虎話。』」令眾下語。一僧問:「適如和尚見虎時如J34nB300_p0250c09何?」師云:「我從來不見者惡物。」僧云:「恁麼則怕他也。」師J34nB300_p0250c10云:「見尚不見,怕箇甚麼?」乃云:「玄沙見虎,道是汝觸事J34nB300_p0250c11知歸;雪竇見虎,只是虎頭頭得活。且如寶華見虎底J34nB300_p0250c12意作麼生?從來不見者惡物,惟許太平人共知。」
J34nB300_p0250c13晚參。舉:「有官人入鎮州天王院睹神像,因問院主云:J34nB300_p0250c14『此是何功德?』主云:『護國天王。』人云:『秖護此國,遍護餘J34nB300_p0250c15國。』主云:『在秦為秦,在楚為楚。』人云:『前日打破鎮州城,J34nB300_p0250c16天王向甚處去也?』主無對。」師代,指天王云:「何得當面J34nB300_p0250c17諱卻?」
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J34nB300_p0250c26晚參。舉:「佛果、佛鑑、佛眼一晚侍五祖演於亭上語話,J34nB300_p0250c27及歸室,燈已滅,演於暗中云:『各各下一轉語。』佛鑑云:J34nB300_p0250c28『彩鳳舞丹霄。』佛眼云:『鐵蛇橫古路。』佛果云:『看腳下。』演J34nB300_p0250c29云:『滅吾宗者,克勤耳。克勤乃佛果諱也。』」師云:「三人下語,各各J34nB300_p0250c30俱有出身之路,雖無得失,卻有親疏,所以五祖演獨J34nB300_p0251a01美佛果。雖然如是,一鏃破三關。諸人但透得佛果底,J34nB300_p0251a02則鑑、眼二語自明。且如正當燈滅室暗時,佛果道:『看J34nB300_p0251a03腳下。』意作麼生?」眾下語不契,師云:「些些纔透露,天地J34nB300_p0251a04盡光輝。」
J34nB300_p0251a05晚參。舉:「鼓山珪禪師在佛眼會下作維那,一日侍眼J34nB300_p0251a06次,問云:『絕對待時如何?』眼云:『如汝僧堂中白椎相似。』J34nB300_p0251a07珪罔措。眼晚落堂,珪理前話,眼云:『閒言語。』珪遂大悟。」J34nB300_p0251a08師云:「作麼生是鼓山珪底悟處?」眾下語不契,師云:「白J34nB300_p0251a09椎依舊是維那。」
J34nB300_p0251a10晚參。舉:「佛果在五祖演會下作侍者,偶出外,會郎使J34nB300_p0251a11者解印還蜀,詣祖問道,祖曰:『提刑少年曾讀小艷詩J34nB300_p0251a12否?有兩句頗相近,頻呼小玉元無事,秖要檀郎認得J34nB300_p0251a13聲。』提刑應:『諾,諾。』祖曰:『且仔細。』果適歸,侍立次,問曰:『聞J34nB300_p0251a14和尚舉小艷詩,提刑會否?』祖曰:『他秖認得聲。』果曰:『秖J34nB300_p0251a15要檀郎認得聲。他既認得聲,為甚麼卻不是?』祖曰:『如J34nB300_p0251a16何是祖師西來意?庭前柏樹子聻?』果忽有省,遽出,見J34nB300_p0251a17雞飛鼓翼而鳴,復自謂曰:『此豈不是聲?』」師云:「且道提J34nB300_p0251a18刑秖認得聲,與佛果此豈不是聲?淆訛在甚麼處?」乃J34nB300_p0251a19云:「千聞不如一見。」復頌云:「雞飛鼓翼鳴,側耳成大錯,J34nB300_p0251a20覿面證來親,腳跟空索索。」
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朝宗禪師語錄卷第五