圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.26

2.26

Retiring from the monastery and returning, taking leave of the assembly, he ascended the hall and said, "There has never been long journeying without stopping; there has never been long stopping without journeying. Acting without action, benefiting without benefit, being a raft across the three realms of existence, ferrying across the four modes of birth—this is the fundamental lot of the monk. Even so, when the time arrives, cut it in two with a single blade; above all, your nostrils must not be in another's hands. Therefore it is said: 'Moving like drifting clouds, halting like the valley spirit.' Since there is no mind toward this or that, nor any sign of going or coming, being like this, going and coming are not by signs, and motion and stillness are not by forms—is there not ample and abundant room to spare? And tell me: what can be said as the phrase on the verge of departure? / Originally a person dwelling beneath the forest, / Now returning back beneath the forest." He stepped down from the seat.