圓悟佛果禪師語錄 8.9

8.9

Ascending the hall, he said: "Sun Face, Moon Face; a barbarian comes, a Chinese appears. Sometimes letting go, sometimes holding tight. Worldly dharma and Buddha Dharma beaten into one piece. If you understand it as one piece, meeting the noble it becomes cheap; if you do not understand it as one piece, there is flour in the wheat." He added: "The Buddhas of the three periods do not know of its existence—each facing south, they look at the Northern Dipper. Wild foxes and white oxen do know of its existence—wearing horns and holding up heads, they give a lion's roar. With four corners stepping on the ground, yet it is round; an eight-cornered millstone runs through empty space. Intending to push and search, split the spine and pull; grasping the nostrils, one loses the mouth. Let me ask: how does Puhua's donkey compare to Zihu's dog?"