大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.56

2.56

江令人請陞座：「生是死之生，死是生之死，兩路坦然平，無彼復無此。既無生死又無彼此，明明百草頭，明明祖師意，如天普蓋、似地普擎，一念相應一時清淨。」召大眾云：「既無生死，只如檀越給事，五十七年前是箇甚麼，五十七年後又是箇甚麼？」良久云：「大眾一時高著眼，看我眉毛有幾莖。」

At the request of Lady Jiang, [the Master] ascended the seat: "Life is the life of death, death is the death of life; both paths are level and even, with neither that nor this. Since there is neither life and death nor that and this, vividly at the tip of the hundred grasses, vividly the Patriarch's meaning: universally covering like heaven, universally sustaining like earth, in a single thought corresponding, in one moment pure." Calling to the assembly, he said, "Since there is neither birth nor death, what was the patron Supervising Secretary fifty-seven years ago, and what will he be fifty-seven years hence?" After a long pause he said, "Assembly, look up all at once and see how many hairs my eyebrows have."