宏智禪師廣錄 1.69

1.69

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: A monk asked National Teacher Zhong, "In the teachings, one only sees sentient beings becoming buddhas, not insentient things receiving predictions. And among the thousand buddhas of the Auspicious Kalpa, which one is an insentient buddha?"
The National Teacher said, "It is like an imperial crown prince before he receives the throne: he is merely a single person. After he receives the throne, the entire land belongs to the king. Could the land separately receive the throne? Now, only when sentient beings receive predictions and become buddhas, the lands of the ten directions are all the body of Vairocana Buddha. How could there still be insentient things receiving predictions?"
The Master said, "Buddhas within the lands manifest their bodies everywhere; lands within the Buddhas are likewise so in every particle of dust. Do you comprehend it?" After a pause, he said, "The six kingdoms naturally calm their turbulent affairs; the one person alone takes charge of the foundation of great peace."