宏智禪師廣錄 1.39

1.39

大聖菩薩忌日。上堂拈香云。此一辨香。奉為大聖等慈普照明覺國師菩薩圓寂之辰。用報恩煇。莊嚴聖化。況菩薩蓋載道同。三際亘一如之體。生靈化被。十方現應變之身。道運等慈。智能普照。聖力扶持於宗社。真心廓大於教門。誓與眾生同圓種智。遂就座示眾云。當生不生。借光現三十六應。當滅不滅。忘照攝千百億身。祇如絕去來無動靜。正恁麼時向甚麼處。見大聖菩薩。良久云。當堂不正坐。那赴兩頭機。

On the memorial day of the Great Sage Bodhisattva, ascending the hall, he offered incense and said: "This pinch of incense is offered for the anniversary of the parinirvāṇa of the Great Sage, Equal Compassion, Universally Illuminating, Bright Awakening, State Master Bodhisattva, to repay his radiant grace and adorn his holy transformation. Moreover, the Bodhisattva's coverage and support share the same Dao; through the three periods of time he extends the body of single suchness. His transformation covers living beings; in the ten directions he manifests responsive and transformative bodies. His Dao exercises equal compassion; his wisdom can illuminate universally. His holy power supports the ancestral shrines; his true mind expands the doctrinal gates. He vowed to fulfill the knowledge of all aspects together with all sentient beings." Then taking his seat, he instructed the assembly, saying: "When due to be born, not born, borrowing light to manifest thirty-six responses; when due to cease, not ceased, forgetting illumination to gather in hundreds of thousands of millions of bodies. Just as when coming and going are cut off and there is neither motion nor stillness, just at such a time, where do you see the Great Sage Bodhisattva?" After a long pause he said: "Sitting upright in the hall, how could he turn to functions at the two ends?"