大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.7

1.7

Little Jingchun of Hunan possessed talent and learning and had once composed an inscription on the seamless stupa. Chan Master Datong Ben used his words to answer the topic of the seamless stupa, saying, "Mist and clouds arise on the back; / Stars and moon encircle the eaves and beams." Chun resided at Yuelu Temple, strict in bodily discipline and diligent. One night, while circumambulating on the hall's steps, he slipped and suffered a fall. A monk beside him helped him up; he was in a daze and unaware of human affairs, and as for the writings he had composed in his lifetime, he could no longer understand them either. When Chan Master Doushuai Zhao first wandered on pilgrimage and passed by Yuelu, he heard senior monks speak of Chun's story. Zhao was alarmed and said, "If in this life of investigating Chan I do not illuminate the mind-ground, I too will be like Chun. When a mere accidental fall leaves one like this, how much more so the transition between rebirths?"