宏智禪師廣錄 2.20

2.20

Case: Whenever Baizhang ascended the hall, there was always an old man listening to the Dharma, who would disperse along with the assembly. One day he did not leave. Baizhang then asked, "Who is the person standing there?" The old man said, "In the past, at the time of Kāśyapa Buddha, I once resided on this mountain. A student asked, 'Does a person of great practice still fall into cause and effect or not?' I answered him, 'They do not fall into cause and effect,' and fell into the body of a wild fox for five hundred lives. Now I ask the Venerable Master to speak a turning word in my place." Baizhang said, "They are not blind to cause and effect." At these words, the old man had a great awakening. The verse says: