宏智禪師廣錄 3.81

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3.81

[The Master] cited: A monk asked Longya, "What is the meaning of the ancestral master's coming from the West?" Longya said, "Wait until the stone tortoise can speak, and I will tell you." A monk asked Xianglin, "What is the meaning of the ancestral master's coming from the West?" Xianglin said, "Sitting for long brings fatigue." The Master said, "One phrase: look up to it, and it grows higher. One phrase: drill into it, and it grows harder. One phrase: gaze at it before you, and suddenly it is behind. Can you still discern it? Pieces of red heart—few are those who know it; piles right before one's face—rare are those who see."

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