宏智禪師廣錄 4.49

4.49

Ascending the hall, [the Master] said: "Deeply clear, without a bottom; wondrously numinous, without a root. When the front mountain is fully traversed, no home is seen; when the waves of consciousness are drained dry, no self is seen. The stone maiden pulls open the golden lock and key; the wooden figure activates the mechanism of the jade wheel. Only then does one believe that being born from the Buddha's mouth and born of Dharma transformation is to partake in the Buddha's Dharma. Have you all ever practiced in such accord?" After a long pause, he said: "Together with the rod, a single jerk brings it up with the hook; across the vast surface of the water, the bright moonlight scatters."