宏智禪師廣錄 4.178

4.178

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: "Guanxi asked Moshan, 'What is Moshan (Final Mountain)?' Moshan said, 'It does not expose its peak.' 'What is the master of Moshan?' Moshan said, 'It has no characteristics such as male or female.' Guanxi shouted and said, 'Why don't you transform?' Moshan said, 'It is not a spirit and not a ghost; what would it transform into?'" The Master said: "Without the characteristics of male or female, it transcends the measures of being and non-being. Passing beyond the myriad workings, it rises above the three realms. Exhaustive yet penetrating, simple yet apt: / The pine embraces the moon, and the night is cold; / The stream carries the rain, and the spring swell rises."