圓悟佛果禪師語錄 20.151

20.151

For thirty years practicing the Way, the foremost person on the seas; / suddenly departing thus, one sees only that it is not bitter. / Although this is so, you must know that Foyan was never born and never died, never went and never came. At just such a time, how is it? Pointing to the casket, he said: 'I was born on the same bough as Xuefeng, but I do not die on the same bough as Xuefeng. If you wish to know the final phrase clearly, I invite the entire assembly to raise it in one voice.' He then said, 'Alas! Alas!'