圓悟佛果禪師語錄 4.17

4.17

Ascending the hall at the conclusion of the summer retreat, he said: “The jewel realm on a hair-tip is vast and broad, wandering freely through the ten periods and adjacent to empty space. Antiquity and the present are boundless and remote; seeing through clearly, nothing is seen; hearing thoroughly, nothing is heard. Arriving here, it is not merely Sudhana gathering his thoughts for seven days; even if Mañjuśrī exercised the power of great wisdom for a hundred kalpas and raised boundless divine functions, he still could not catch a glimpse. Just as you all have individually journeyed with your whole being within it throughout the ninety days, appearing and disappearing, unfurling and rolling up, gathering and releasing freely, passing through eight cavities and seven piercings, surging in the east and sinking in the west—if you suddenly understand it thoroughly here, you are free to step on solid ground at every step, and with every thought realize what is ordinary. If not yet so, today the mouth of the cloth sack is opened. Do you understand?” / After a pause, he said: “Do not say the clear autumn possesses many fine scenes; / Linger a while and rein in the clouds once more.”