宏智禪師廣錄 1.7

1.7

That evening, in the informal gathering, he instructed the assembly, saying: "Prabhāpāla descending traces broke the house and emptied the home; Bodhidharma transmitting mind crowded into the lane and seized the market. In our patch-robed monks' fundamental affair, originally not a single shred of silk is lacking, not a single shred of silk is extra. From the beginning onward, it has been spiritually luminous, vast, and thorough. How could it rely on someone's grinding and polishing? How could it rely on someone's arranging? Truly within there is no silk to bind an ant, and outside there are no grits to gather flies. Is it genuine? If not yet so, I cannot avoid pointing it out: Before the family tradition outside the Changes had portended, at the third watch a black horse mounted a crow. And now, turning the wheel of mechanism, within every land and every dust mote, who else is it?" After expressing thanks, he brought up again: "A monk asked Longya, 'How is it when the toad has no returning light and the jade rabbit has no intent of accompanying the moon?' Longya said, 'The lords Yao and Shun still had transforming influence.'" The Master said: "Good Chan worthies! Old man Longya was skilled at playing a role according to the occasion, blending with the worldly and dimming his light. Senior Monk Jue today also goes like this. Do you all fully comprehend? Heaven shares the dawn with white clouds; water harmonizes with the autumn of the bright moon. Having stood long, take care."