宏智禪師廣錄 4.65

4.65

Ascending the hall, he said: "Just this family style is clear and open on all eight sides. The handle of the Dipper lies across and the Milky Way pales; the dreaming crane takes flight and its nest is empty. Stepping back in function to take up position; shifting the body within position to borrow function. At the numinous and lucid place, within sameness there is difference; at the clear and still place, within difference there is sameness. Suiting the occasion, the dynamic pivot revolves smoothly; responding wondrously, the mechanism opens into emptiness. Therefore it is said: 'When a child of the Buddha dwells in this station, / that is the Buddha's state of enjoyment; / whether walking, sitting, or lying down, / they are constantly within it.' Zen worthies, tell me: what is the affair within it?" After a long pause, he said: "The moon in the empty realm over the eternal green pool—only after repeatedly netting and capturing it will you know."