宏智禪師廣錄 3.54
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3.54
[Hongzhi] cited: Before the Buddha, a woman entered samādhi. The Buddha ordered Mañjuśrī to bring her out of samādhi. Mañjuśrī exerted his spiritual powers and lifted her up to the Brahmā heaven, but could not bring her out of samādhi. The Buddha then said, "Down below there is the Great Being Wangming, who can bring her out of this samādhi." In an instant Wangming arrived, and was commanded to bring her out of samādhi. Wangming snapped his fingers three times, and the woman immediately emerged from samādhi. The Master [Hongzhi] said, "Whether in samādhi or in motion, the person concerned transforms and plays with it. A goose feather is light yet not light; a great mountain is heavy yet not heavy. Do you know that old Gautama's nostrils are in my hands?"
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