虛堂和尚語錄 9.14

9.14

解夏小參：「大覺世尊，直下五十三世嫡孫，比丘某甲，見住徑山興聖萬壽禪寺，承佛遺蔭，遵佛制法，於四月十五日，不用行籌坐草，與四海禪流，同此安居。於九十日內，四威儀中無頃刻雜用身心，證此阿羅漢果無漏法身，出生入死，得大受用。夫復何疑。忽有箇漢出來道：『老和尚畢竟有何憑據？』山僧教伊近前來，低聲子向他道：『爾把得穩便了。』」

Informal gathering for concluding the summer retreat: "The direct descendant of the fifty-third generation of the Great Awakened World-Honoured One, the bhikṣu so-and-so, currently residing at Xingsheng Wanshou Chan Monastery on Jingshan, receiving the Buddha's bequeathed shelter and obeying the Buddha's prescribed Dharma, on the fifteenth day of the fourth month, without needing to distribute tallies or sit on grass, dwelt in retreat together with the Chan currents from the four seas. During the ninety days, amid the four postures, without for an instant misusing body and mind, [we] realized this arhat fruit's taintless Dharma-body, entering life and entering death, attaining great function. What doubt could there still be? If suddenly a fellow came forward and said, 'Old upādhyāya, what proof do you have after all?' this mountain monk would tell him to come forward, and in a low voice say to him, 'As long as you hold firmly, that is fine.'"