法演禪師語錄 3.45

3.45

上堂云：「有物先天地，無形本寂寥，能為萬象主，不遂四時彫。古人恁麼道，可謂錦上鋪花，不妨奇特。諸人且作麼生會？白蓮今日曲順後機，不惜眉毛，亦為頌出：有中有，無中無，細中細，麁中麁。」

Ascending the hall, the Master said: “‘There is a thing prior to heaven and earth; / Formless, fundamentally serene and still. / Able to be the master of myriad phenomena, / It does not wither with the four seasons.’ An ancient speaking like this may be called adding flowers upon brocade, remarkably extraordinary. But how do you people understand? Today Bailian accommodates lower capacities, not sparing his eyebrows, and also composes a verse for it: / In the existent, there is existence; / In the nonexistent, there is nonexistence. / In the fine, there is the fine; / In the coarse, there is the coarse.”