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圓悟佛果禪師語錄 4.5

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Entering the monastery, upon arriving at the Abbot's Room, he said: "Bodhidharma facing the wall, Vimalakīrti remaining silent; clinging to rules and relying on precedents—how could it be expressed in words? Even though this is so, casting off the body, the non-dual gate is vastly opened, purely to dissolve stickiness and remove bonds." Taking the seat, he said: "The Way does not travel in vain, like the wind bending the grass; conditions are not responded to in vain, like a mirror facing a form. If one can have no mind toward the mind, no self toward oneself, no other toward others, and no 'I' toward the 'I'—vastly encompassing the realms of sand, none of it is an external object; even if traversing to the ends of heaven and earth, all is right before you. Dharma acts in accord with Dharma; the Dharma banner is established everywhere. Principle is like this, and phenomena are like this. Furthermore, Master Bao's bodhimaṇḍa revealed the transformation during the Liang dynasty, and King Shu's blessed land is revitalized in this sagely era. Vastly opening the arena for selecting Buddhas, chanting the Great Prajñā, in the midst of this, what is the single phrase that has no mind toward mind, has no self toward oneself, and cuts off the vital crossing, brooking no ordinary or sage? 'The Three Mountains fall halfway beyond the blue sky; the Two Waters split around White Egret Isle.'"

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