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J34nB301_p0299c26次日,諸護法請上堂。僧問:「打開青嶂,大恢佛祖風規;J34nB301_p0299c27捩轉白雲,鏟卻古今塗轍。一眾上來,請施法印。」師曰:J34nB301_p0299c28「老漢也不敢草草。」僧曰:「是真語?是實語?」師曰:「你還知J34nB301_p0299c29虎丘入院有十二種奇特麼?」僧曰:「一點也謾不得老J34nB301_p0299c30漢。」師曰:「第一不得記持言句。」僧問:「我意不欲與麼,和J34nB301_p0300a01尚還自信得及麼?」師曰:「搆得底自不如此。」僧曰:「正與J34nB301_p0300a02初心相應。」師曰:「從前草鞋錢什麼人償?」僧顧第二位,J34nB301_p0300a03曰:「還聽得這老漢麼?」師曰:「遠走不如近匍匐。」僧曰:「謹J34nB301_p0300a04領慈旨。」乃曰:「天上無雙月,光非私炤;人間只一僧,道J34nB301_p0300a05不虛行。今朝舊店新開,恰值中秋時分,彈絲品竹,人J34nB301_p0300a06籟共天籟齊聞;梵唱清謳,佛心與凡心並顯。不勞揀J34nB301_p0300a07擇,一串穿來,擲向面前,各人辨取。」擲拂子,下座。
J34nB301_p0300a08謝本山耆舊大德,上堂。喝一喝曰:「瞌睡虎翻身也。直J34nB301_p0300a09得風生大壑,威鎮長林,狐兔潛蹤,魈魅遁影。擬向這J34nB301_p0300a10裡露個面目,布個爪牙,但可惜罕逢匹敵。」乃拈起拄J34nB301_p0300a11杖曰:「看看!山僧今日入虎穴探虎子去也。有大膽不J34nB301_p0300a12顧危亡底,能步一步趨一趨麼?」良久,擲下拄杖曰:「要J34nB301_p0300a13得驚群兼敵勝,直須連夜化為龍。」
J34nB301_p0300a14廣陵余君啟居士請上堂。「老僧病,不開堂日久,無端J34nB301_p0300a15被人推上祖庭,既做他腳下兒孫,又爭肯隈刀避箭,J34nB301_p0300a16舍己之田,耘人之田?不妨借君拍板門槌,助我逢場J34nB301_p0300a17作戲。天人攢簇處,看破從上綱宗;貴賤未形時,識取J34nB301_p0300a18本來面目。始信生公臺畔,風月常存;短簿祠前,林巒J34nB301_p0300a19依舊。更問佛法因緣,何似平添缽柄?」卓拄杖,下座。
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相拓J34nB301_p0300a27呈之,又曰:『說也說了也,注也注了也,悟取好。』」師曰:「這J34nB301_p0300a28一隊漢各各得座披衣,乃有如許心行,眼見溈山古J34nB301_p0300a29佛打入異類,不肯援之以手,只管畫影圖形,及乎邈J34nB301_p0300a30抹將來,全不相似。若是虎丘老僧,但喫檀越飯、著檀J34nB301_p0300b01越衣,百年之後決不作水牯牛,令人道熟處難忘。設J34nB301_p0300b02使翻轉面皮,行於非道,也只喫檀越飯、著檀越衣,終J34nB301_p0300b03不標名立字。看他後生晚輩,還敢圈圈點點也無?」隨J34nB301_p0300b04顧左右曰:「且道因什得與麼自在?秖為索頭不在別J34nB301_p0300b05人手裡。」謝華山見和尚齋,上堂。僧問:「秋聲歷落,闔閭塚上碧J34nB301_p0300b07蘿寒;雁影參差,短簿祠前黃葉亂。金風吹玉管,那個J34nB301_p0300b08是知音?」師曰:「人天眾前不欲造次。」僧曰:「恁麼則盡大J34nB301_p0300b09地昂頭側耳去也。」師曰:「虎丘不是泥做底。」僧曰:「老老J34nB301_p0300b10大大,不可雪上加霜。」師曰:「這回若不下手,盡道其聖J34nB301_p0300b11不靈。」和聲便打。僧纔出,師便打。僧曰:「作麼?」師又打。僧J34nB301_p0300b12曰:「老大知識,不解與人畣話。」師直打下,乃曰:「優波離J34nB301_p0300b13梵行最尊,須菩提解空第一。一個嵒中晏坐,天雨四J34nB301_p0300b14華;一個振錫昏衢,地搖六震。等閒撞著,各剖襟懷。一J34nB301_p0300b15曰:『心清淨是渡海浮囊。』一曰:『無所依是濟河寶筏。』生J34nB301_p0300b16法師定中聞得,進前致詞:『二尊所論,其義甚深。某甲J34nB301_p0300b17今日欲呈管見:闡提有佛性,闡提無佛性,是教意否?』J34nB301_p0300b18山僧曰:『是。』『狗子有佛性,狗子無佛性,是祖意否?』山僧J34nB301_p0300b19曰:『是。』法師合掌讚言:『希有,希有!善哉,善哉!諸宗門戶J34nB301_p0300b20從此融通,列祖淵源一時濬發。自古至今,未之有也。』J34nB301_p0300b21於是點頭石通身慶快,𨁝跳上天,揚聲高叫:『大道絕J34nB301_p0300b22同,任向西東。是禪是戒,遇緣即宗。放出南山律虎,趁J34nB301_p0300b23起臨濟大龍。法海汪洋從變化,深心相與顯家風。』」喝J34nB301_p0300b24一喝,下座。
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J34nB301_p0301a29至日,上堂。僧纔出,師曰:「大冬第一朝,問話不草草。」僧J34nB301_p0301a30曰:「今日領這話不得。」師曰:「賴遇老僧道過。」僧點胸,曰:J34nB301_p0301b01「某甲聻?」師曰:「汝若知時節,我今不再三。」僧一喝,師打,J34nB301_p0301b02曰:「這回卻住手不得也。」僧曰:「如斯爭奈何?」便歸眾。乃J34nB301_p0301b03曰:「日來天氣寒冽,一滴水便是一滴凍,法報化身不J34nB301_p0301b04可秪收攝在一處,擁毳負暄固老僧樂事。且道:書雲J34nB301_p0301b05管筆又分付阿誰?如我意者,不妨各顯神通,普使陽J34nB301_p0301b06回硬地、花動枯枝,從他有眼底一時看煞,殊大快事。」J34nB301_p0301b07卓拄杖,下座。節後委諸頭首次第分座,故云。
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