圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.7

17.7

舉：「道吾與漸源至一家吊慰，源撫棺櫬問吾云：『生耶死耶？』道吾云：『生也不道，死也不道。』源云：『為什麼不道？』吾云：『不道，不道。』漸源网測。後來在一處聞誦《觀音經》『應以比丘身得度者，即現比丘身而為說法。』忽然大悟。」師云：「道吾橫身為物，指出生死根源親到。寶山一問當面蹉却，若不是金剛正性宿植根深，爭得向平田淺草驀地回光，見得道吾著力相為處？目作麼生是道吾著力相為處？試請道看。」

[The Master] cited: "Daowu and Jianyuan went to a family to offer condolences. Yuan touched the coffin and asked Daowu, 'Is it alive or dead?' Daowu said, 'I will not say alive, and I will not say dead.' Yuan said, 'Why will you not say?' Daowu said, 'I will not say! I will not say!' Jianyuan could not fathom it. Later, at another place, he heard someone chanting the Guanyin Sūtra: 'To those who should be saved by the body of a bhikṣu, he immediately manifests the body of a bhikṣu and expounds the Dharma for them.' Suddenly he was greatly awakened." The Master said, "Daowu threw his whole body into the matter for the sake of beings, directly pointing out the source of birth and death, personally arriving there. Reaching the treasure mountain, with one question [Jianyuan] missed it face-to-face. Were it not for the adamantine true nature and roots deeply planted in past lives, how could he have suddenly reversed the light amidst the flat field and shallow grass, seeing where Daowu made an effort to help him? Tell me: what was the place where Daowu made an effort to help him? Try to say it and see!"