宏智禪師廣錄 7.157

7.157

The branching road of death and life is not a different path; / empty and spiritual, vacant and marvelous.
Zhaozhou once asked the old man selling oil, / 'Traveling by night is not permitted; arrive at dawn.'
Noble Chan practitioners, if you understand right here, / being born before heaven and earth is not considered early, / and being born after heaven and earth is not considered late.
Recognize the man holding the broom on Mount Tiantai: / the cold cliff has snow, but no one sweeps it.