法演禪師語錄 2.73

2.73

Ascending the hall, he cited: "When Śākyamuni Tathāgata went to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven to preach the Dharma for his mother, King Udayana longed for the Buddha and ordered artisans to carve a sandalwood image. When the World-Honoured One descended, the image also came out to welcome him. Tell me, everyone: was the one descending right, or was the one coming out to welcome him right? Furthermore, it is said in the teachings: 'The Tathāgata comes from nowhere and goes nowhere.' Could it be that the Dharmakāya neither comes nor goes, while the transformation body has coming and going? If someone can see into this, he can consume ten thousand ounces of gold a day; but if not, who will you have repay the cost of your straw sandals?"