大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.56

2.56

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."