宏智禪師廣錄 4.54

4.54

請首座上堂。素無色而眾色尊之在前。水無味而眾味得之為最。道無根荄也。普天普地。法無定相也。或彼或此。谷常虛而嚮能應呼。鑑自淨而影能隨類。衲僧真得箇身心。大用縱橫不可器。諸禪德。且道。阿那箇是不可器底人。還體悉得麼。良久云。妙超初念際。卓立萬機前。

Invited by the head monk, he ascended the hall: "White has no color, yet all colors honor it before them. Water has no flavor, yet all flavors find it supreme. The Way has no root or sprout, yet it pervades heaven and earth. The Dharma has no fixed form, appearing here or there. A valley is always empty, yet its echo answers a call. A mirror is naturally pure, yet its reflections follow every type of thing. When a patch-robed monk truly attains this body and mind, his great function operates freely and cannot be measured as a vessel. Zen worthies, tell me: who is the person who cannot be made into a vessel? Do you still understand?" After a long pause, he said: "Wondrously surpassing the threshold of the first thought, towering aloft before the ten thousand machinations."