如淨和尚語錄 1.25

1.25

元宵上堂。過去然燈佛。相牽弄業識。現在漏燈盞光影瞞人眼。未來乾紙撚賊贓無處典。咄。髑髏前點破。鼻孔裡看見。衲僧門下黑漫漫。歷劫不分通一線。

Ascending the hall on the Lantern Festival: "The past Dīpaṃkara Buddha, dragging along, toyed with karmic consciousness. The present leaking lamp dish, its light and shadow deceive people's eyes. The future dry paper taper, the thief's stolen goods have nowhere to be pawned. Bah! Pierced through before the skull; seen inside the nostrils. Under the patch-robed monk's gate, it is pitch-black and vast; undivided through kalpas, a single thread passes through."