瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.47

1.47

One day the Master ascended the hall and said, "If you wish to know this matter, you must directly be like a withered tree blooming with flowers; only then will you accord with it." Shushan asked, "How is it when one is not at odds in any place?" The Master said, "Ācārya! This is a matter on the side of merit. Fortunately there is the merit of no-merit; why do you not ask about that?" Shushan said, "Is the merit of no-merit not a person on that side?" The Master said, "Many people laugh at you asking like that." Shushan said, "Then does it go far and away?" The Master said, "Far and away, not far and away, not not far and away." Shushan said, "What is 'far and away'?" The Master said, "It cannot be called a person on that side." Shushan said, "What is 'not far and away'?" The Master said, "There is nowhere to distinguish it."