圓悟佛果禪師語錄 3.32

3.32

A patron having requested him to ascend the hall, a monk asked: "The teaching says: 'In the first part of the day, the middle part of the day, and the latter part of the day, one gives away bodies as numerous as the sands of the Ganges.' What is the giving of bodies as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the first part of the day?" The Master said: "If the great sea did not take them in, the hundred rivers would flow backward." The monk continued: "What is the giving of bodies as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the middle part of the day?" The Master said: "A ready-made gong'an." The monk continued: "What is the giving of bodies as numerous as the sands of the Ganges in the latter part of the day?" The Master said: "To the end of the future, all gathered up at once." The Master then said: "Sun-face, moon-face: pearls turn and jade revolves; with phrases, without phrases: threads come and cords go. Tathāgata Chan: before your parents were born. The Patriarch's intention: red dust rises from the bottom of the well. For one who has penetrated it, provisional and real are both illumined beneath the phrase; for one who has not penetrated it, he is buried in a tangle of vines. Penetrated or not penetrated—how is it when none of this applies at all? 'The balmy breeze comes from the south, bringing a slight coolness to the palace pavilion.'"