明覺禪師語錄 4.94

4.94

因帝夜夢，神人報云：「請陛下發菩提心。」帝至曉宣問左右街：「菩提心作麼生發？」代云：「實謂今古罕聞。」

Because the emperor had a dream at night in which a divine being announced, "Please, Your Majesty, generate the bodhicitta," at dawn the emperor issued an inquiry to the Commissioners of the Left and Right Streets: "How is the bodhicitta generated?" On his behalf [the Master] said, "Truly, it may be said this has rarely been heard from ancient times to the present."