法演禪師語錄 3.45

3.45

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.”