袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.5

1.5

Later, he visited Guishan. Guishan asked, "Are you a śrāmaṇera with a master, or a śrāmaṇera without a master?" The Master said, "I have a master." Guishan said, "Where is the master?" The Master crossed from the west to the east and stood there. Guishan marveled at him. The Master asked, "What is the dwelling place of the true Buddha?" Guishan said, "Using the marvel of thinking the unthought, turn reflection back to the inexhaustible spiritual flame; when thought is exhausted, one returns to the source, where nature and characteristics constantly abide, phenomena and principle are non-dual, and the true Buddha is tathatā." The Master achieved sudden awakening at these words. From then on he served him in attendance, lingering there for fifteen years in all.