宏智禪師廣錄 4.266

4.266

Instructing the assembly, he cited: Senior Monk Ding asked Linji, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" Linji got down from the meditation bench, seized him, gave him a slap, and shoved him away. Ding stood still. A monk beside him said, "Senior Ding, why do you not bow?" Just as Ding bowed, he had a sudden great awakening. The Master said: "Not falling into before and after, uniquely transcending past and present. Calling back a thousand-year dream; flying out, a bird of the nine-layered marsh. With no roosting or lodging, do not guess or deliberate: just this mind equal in likeness to empty space. Directly beneath a single hammer blow, the light scatters and bursts forth—brand-new pellets of gold coming out of the furnace."