大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.42

2.42

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "What kind of person is one who does not take the myriad dharmas as companions?" The Master said, "A person whom neither heaven above nor earth below can do anything with." [The monk] advanced and said, "Why is he nevertheless under the seat of Jingshan?" The Master said, "Without a servant in the house, one does not make a gentleman." He then said, "In every speck of dust and every world there is not the slightest strand; the vibrant, ready-made activity of daily functioning stands out clearly. The buddhas of the three periods stand downwind; the patriarchs of all generations are frightened out of their wits. Now tell me: on the basis of what principle does one attain such marvelous distinction? Do you understand thoroughly? If you do, a single thought is ten thousand years, and ten thousand years are a single thought. If you do not yet understand thoroughly, let those on the east sit on the east side, and those on the west sit on the west side."