宏智禪師廣錄 5.11

5.11

小參僧問。廓而無際。不立一塵。湛而獨存。十方普應。正恁麼時如何。師云。也無十方可應。僧云。如空合空。似水歸水。師云。是即便是。似箇甚麼。僧云。也要分明指註則箇。師云。儞試向分明處指註看。僧云。夜月有輝含古渡。白雲無雨裹秋山。師云。正位其間轉側。偏位裏許歸來。僧云。不涉往來底。是什麼人。師云。夜明簾外主。僧云。白雲覆青山。青山頂不露。師云。猶偏正邊事。僧云。不落偏正時如何。師云落。僧禮拜。

At an informal gathering, a monk asked: "Vast and boundless, not establishing a single dust mote; profound and uniquely persisting, universally responding to the ten directions. How is it just at such a time?"
The Master said, "There are also no ten directions to respond to."
The monk said, "Like space merging with space, like water returning to water."
The Master said, "Though it is indeed so, what is it like?"
The monk said, "I also need you to point it out clearly."
The Master said, "Try pointing it out where it is clear, and let us see."
The monk said, "The night moon shines, embracing the ancient ford; / White clouds bring no rain, wrapping the autumn mountain."
The Master said, "Turning sideways within the upright position; returning from inside the biased position."
The monk said, "Who is the one who does not engage in coming and going?"
The Master said, "The host outside the luminous curtain of night."
The monk said, "White clouds cover the green mountain; / The peak of the green mountain is not exposed."
The Master said, "This is still an affair on the side of the biased and upright."
The monk said, "How is it when not falling into bias and uprightness?"
The Master said, "It falls."
The monk made prostrations.