虛堂和尚語錄 6.426

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天巧神工不日成，萬年勳業建端平，行行闊步青霄外，
回首方知是化城。大眾還知麼？昔日舟橫斷岸，
常懷病涉之憂，旅逆窮途，每發未歸之歎。
是以　邦侯垂濟川之手，居士奮截流之機，
從險處築起根基，就虛空故成世界，
月籠煙樹，依稀方廣勝游，日落江城，髣髴洛陽佳處，
說甚連山貫海、望越通吳，南來北往等是到家，
者裡那邊無非活路，且最初一步如何履踐？
以手打一圓相，脚頭自此乾坤闊，
願力還同劫石堅。

Heavenly skill and divine craftsmanship completed it in no time; / An achievement for ten thousand years was founded in Duanping. / Striding forward far beyond the blue sky, / Only when turning your head do you know it is the Conjured City. / Does the great assembly understand? Formerly, boats lay stranded on the broken bank; / People always harboured fears of perilous crossings. Strangers stranded at the end of the road / Constantly uttered sighs over not yet returning. / Therefore, the prefect extended his hand to ferry across the river, / And the lay scholar spurred his capacity to stem the current, / Building the foundation from dangerous places, / Taking empty space to establish the world. / Moon over misty trees, faintly recalling the supreme excursions of Fangguang; / Sun setting on the river city, resembling the lovely spots of Luoyang. / Why speak of connecting mountains and piercing seas, looking out to Yue and opening to Wu? / Coming south or going north, all is arriving home; / Here and over there, nothing is not a living road. / And how will you step the very first step? / Drawing a circle with his hand, [he said:] / From this point on, your footsteps find heaven and earth vast; / May the power of our vows remain as firm as a kalpa-stone.