圓悟佛果禪師語錄 19.77

19.77

舉：「百丈每至陞座，常有一老人聽法，一日眾去，老人獨留，丈云：『汝是何人？』老人云：『某非人，然某緣五百生前迦葉佛時曾住此山，錯答學人一轉語，所以五百世墮野狐身。今欲舉此話，請和尚為答。』丈云：『汝試舉看。』老人云：『大修行底人還落因果也無？某對云：「不落因果。」』丈云：『汝問我，與汝道。』老人遂問：『大修行底人還落因果也無？』丈云：『不昧因果。』老人遂悟，得脫野狐身化去。」

[Case] brought up: Whenever Baizhang ascended the seat, an old man would regularly listen to the Dharma. One day, when the assembly dispersed, the old man remained alone. Baizhang said: "Who are you?" The old man said: "I am not a human being. Long ago, five hundred lives back in the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, I once lived on this mountain. Because I gave a student an erroneous turning word, I fell into the body of a wild fox for five hundred lifetimes. Now I wish to bring up this case, and ask the Venerable to answer for me." Baizhang said: "Try to bring it up." The old man said: "Does a person of great cultivation still fall into cause and effect, or not? I answered, saying: 'One does not fall into cause and effect.'" Baizhang said: "You ask me, and I will speak for you." The old man then asked: "Does a person of great cultivation still fall into cause and effect, or not?" Baizhang said: "One is not blind to cause and effect." The old man thereupon had an awakening, was freed from the body of a wild fox, and transformed away.