法界圖記叢髓錄 1.76

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道身章云：儼師遷神十个日前，學徒進所問訊。師問大眾曰：「經中一微塵中含十方世界，與無量劫即一念等言，汝等作何物看？」眾人白云：「緣起法無自性，小不住小大不住大、短不住短長不住長故爾耶？」師曰：「然之然矣，而猶生白。」云：「何謂？」師曰：「莫須多噵，只言一故。」

The Daoshen zhang states: Ten days before Master Yan transferred his spirit, his disciples entered his quarters to pay their respects. The master asked the assembly, "In the sūtras it says that within a single dust mote the worlds of the ten directions are contained, and that immeasurable kalpas are identical to a single thought-moment. What do you take these words to mean?" The assembly addressed him, saying, "Because conditioned phenomena have no self-nature, small does not abide in small and large does not abide in large, short does not abide in short and long does not abide in long—is it because of this?" The master said, "It is so, it is so, and yet it is still raw and pale." They said, "What does that mean?" The master said, "You need not say so much; just speak of oneness!"