虛堂和尚語錄 6.426

6.426

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.