宏智禪師廣錄 1.133

1.133

薦道士請。上堂云。恍恍惚惚其中有物。杳杳冥冥其中有精。其中之精則無像。其中之物則無名。應繁興而常寂。照空劫而獨靈。悟之者剎剎見佛。證之者塵塵出經。門戶開闢。也分而為三教。身心狹小。也局而為二乘。真境無涯兮妙觀玄覽。大方無外兮獨立周行。諸人還會麼。良久云。虛若谷神元不死。道先象帝自長生。

Requested by a Daoist priest for a memorial service, [the Master] ascended the hall and said: "Dim and indistinct, yet within there is an entity; shadowy and dark, yet within there is an essence. The essence within has no form; the entity within has no name. Responding to myriad stirrings, it is ever tranquil; illuminating the kalpa of emptiness, it alone is numinous. Those who awaken to it see buddhas in kṣetra after kṣetra; those who realize it bring forth sūtras from dust mote after dust mote. When its portals opened, it divided into the Three Teachings; when body and mind grew cramped, it narrowed into the Two Vehicles. The true realm is boundless—wondrous contemplation and profound vision; the great square has no outside—standing alone, moving all around. Do you people understand?" After a long pause, he said: "Hollow as the valley spirit, it originally never dies; the Dao, preceding the Lord of Forms, of itself endures forever."