明覺禪師語錄 2.176

2.176

Ascending the hall, he said: "'All various illusory transformations are born from the Tathāgata's complete awakening.'" The Master said: "Stop, stop! The Buddhas of the three periods are an illusion; the patriarchs of the six generations are an illusion; the old upādhyāyas under heaven are an illusion." He again held up his staff and said: "The staff is an illusion; which one is complete awakening?" After a long pause, he struck the rope bed once with his staff and said: "Illusioned forth!" When the great assembly hesitated, the Master said: "This gang of lacquer buckets has no openings at all!" With his staff, he drove them all away at once.