明覺禪師語錄 3.38

3.38

He cited: "Great Master Ma ordered Zhizang to carry a letter up to Jingshan. Jingshan received the letter, opened it, saw a circle, and put a dot inside it. The National Teacher heard of this, cited it, and said, 'Master Qin was still deluded by Master Ma.'" The Master said, "Setting aside Jingshan being deluded, if it were presented to the National Teacher, what other trick would he have used to avoid being deluded? An old elder said, 'He should simply have sat on it at that time and stopped.' Another said, 'He should just have slashed through it.' If so, that is merely not recognizing it. Dare I ask: do the old masters of all quarters each possess vajra eyes and extensively display spiritual transformations—can they still avoid it? As for Xuedou's insight, I also want everyone to know: just that Master Ma drew it at that time, he was already deluded himself!"