虛堂和尚語錄 9.39

9.39

上堂，舉：「長水問琅瑘：『清淨本然，云何忽生山河大地？』瑘云：『清淨本然，云何忽生山河大地？』長水有省。」拈云：「敢問諸人，問處一般，答亦不別，長水因甚悟去？徑山更與諸人，解註一遍。」擊拂子：「清淨本然，云何忽生山河大地？」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Changshui asked Langye: 'Being fundamentally pure, how did the mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?' Langye said: 'Being fundamentally pure, how did the mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?' Changshui had an awakening." The master took this up and said: "I venture to ask you all: the question was identical, and the answer was no different—whereby did Changshui awaken? Jingshan will provide another commentary for you all." Striking the whisk, he said: "Being fundamentally pure, how did the mountains, rivers, and the great earth suddenly arise?"