宏智禪師廣錄 2.20

2.20

舉百丈上堂。常有一老人聽法。隨眾散去。一日不去。丈乃問。立者何人。老人云。某甲於過去迦葉佛時。曾住此山。有學人問。大修行底人。還落因果也無。對他道。不落因果。墮野狐身五百生。今請和尚代一轉語。丈云。不昧因果。老人於言下大悟。頌曰。

Case: Whenever Baizhang ascended the hall, there was always an old man listening to the Dharma, who would disperse along with the assembly. One day he did not leave. Baizhang then asked, "Who is the person standing there?" The old man said, "In the past, at the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, I once resided on this mountain. A student asked, 'Does a person of great practice still fall into cause and effect or not?' I answered him, 'They do not fall into cause and effect,' and fell into the body of a wild fox for five hundred lives. Now I ask the Venerable Master to speak a turning word in my place." Baizhang said, "They are not blind to cause and effect." At these words, the old man had a great awakening. The verse says: