宏智禪師廣錄 1.47
English (machine translation) 1.47
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1.47
Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "An ancient said, 'First shoulder the burden on that side, then come to this side to polish and rub.' Not asking about polishing and rubbing on this side, what is shouldering the burden on that side?"
The Master said, "Illumination exhausted, the substance has no reliance; throughout the body, there is no separation."
He went on to ask, "In that case, the fish bought right by the boat is especially delicious, and the wine bought while treading snow is doubly fragrant."
The Master said, "Arriving here, there are neither these idle sounds nor sights."
The Master then said, "Letting go of hands before a cliff of ten thousand fathoms, only then is wondrous existence seen. Manifesting the body at the crossroads, only then can one respond completely. Turning the head toward different species, strolling along on that side. On the road of the living, a dead man walks; within the mouth of the dead man, a living man's tongue. Do you understand? The wondrously round is not hidden illumination; the great function does not match the occasion."
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