汾陽無德禪師語錄 3.41

3.41

Eight nodes and nine bends, / mountains and rivers fully present, / head and feet distinct and clear, / opening people's eyes. / Coming neither from heaven nor from earth, / horizontal and vertical across the vast sky without blockage or snag, / it is constantly used to strike and awaken those of superior capacity, / while confused Chan practitioners just nod off to sleep. / Sometimes ascending mountains, sometimes crossing waters, / it is used to guide the way over the front ridge, serving as forearm and elbow; / free to soar across the nine regions and the four seas, / towering straight down to the boundary of the golden wheel. / Truly solid and unyielding, worthy to lean upon, / head and tail whirl about, pointing accurately; / it marks out the boundaries of liberating Mañjuśrī; / for a patch-robed monk of genuine color, it is a blow right across the back.