鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.48

1.48

“Followers of the Way! This mountain monk’s genuine succession of the Buddha’s Dharma has come down through the venerable Magu, the venerable Danxia, the venerable Daoyi, and the stone-dragging venerable of Lushan. Following one road I have travelled throughout the world, yet no one has had faith in it, and all have raised slander. The way the venerable Daoyi operated was pure and unmixed; his three or five hundred students completely failed to see his intention. The way the venerable of Lushan operated was unfettered, genuine, compliant and adverse; students could not fathom its limits and were all utterly bewildered. The way the venerable Danxia toyed with the jewel, concealed and revealed; all students who came were scolded. The way Magu operated was as bitter as Huangbo; no one could come near him. The way Shigong operated was to seek people along the tip of an arrow; all who came were terrified. The way this mountain monk operates today is genuine creation and destruction, playfully brandishing spiritual transformations, entering all environments, having nothing to do anywhere—the environment cannot change me.