圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.36

2.36

Ascending the hall, he said, "The three months of spring have passed, and the ninety days of summer are newly begun. 玄 Gather the mysterious followers amid the clouds; fan the true style outside the world. Not urging a single thought, not traversing three asaṃkhyeya kalpas, each person finds it ready-made in every place; each and every one has an eye on the crown of their head. If you take responsibility in such a way, releasing and holding back are entirely up to yourself; appearing and disappearing, vertical and horizontal, are not external things at all. If the highest class were to look, they would see you are right in mid-journey; when clear-eyed ones meet, it is hard to penetrate through. Although this mountain monk has no diamond jewel sword or patched-robed monk's transcendent pincers and hammer, formerly at Mount Wuzu Baiyun I picked up several diamond cages and a basket of chestnut burrs. Throughout the ninety days of summer, I will cut and polish together with you all." He then raised the whisk and said, "Does the great assembly still see? Tell me: is this a diamond cage, or a chestnut burr? It cannot be understood by monks of shallow views; / It is only known by accomplished masters of pervasive ways."