圓悟佛果禪師語錄 4.14

4.14

Upon receiving the certificate [of appointment] for Master Min of Baoning, he ascended the hall and said: “Sleeping alone on a solitary peak, gazing into the clouds—although this does not bury the lineage style, is it not far too lofty? At the crossroads with dusty face and ashen head, benefiting beings and responding to faculties—although this buries oneself, is it not far too humiliating? How much more so for a person of clear awakening, whose crown possesses an eye and under whose elbow lies a talisman, appearing and disappearing, rolling up and unfurling with great freedom; moving like drifting clouds, resting like the valley spirit. One may sleep alone on a solitary peak without obstructing the dusty face and ashen head; or wear a dusty face and ashen head without obstructing sleeping alone on a solitary peak. Within 'thus' there is 'not thus'; within 'not thus' there is yet 'thus'. And how do you speak a phrase suitable to the time and season?” / After a pause, he said: “Auspicious energy meets a felicitous era; / Numinous sprouts bring spring wherever they touch.”