萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.97

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師云。天童先以四句頌公案了。然後鋪舒梗概。展演化風。趙州拈一莖草。作丈六金身用。世尊當風指出。帝釋信手拈來。天童人境交加頌出。非但古聖。爾即今塵中作得主。化外亦來賓。且道。風流劉駙馬。起此報恩院。與帝釋插草同別。師竪起拂子云。千年常住一朝僧。

The Master said: Tiantong first versified the gong'an with four lines, and then laid out the outline, displaying the transforming style. Zhaozhou picked up a blade of grass and used it as a sixteen-foot golden body; the Bhagavān pointed it out in the face of the wind, and Śakra casually picked it up. Tiantong versified it with person and environment intermingled. Not only the ancient sages: if you right now can act as master within the dust, from outside the transformation [subjects] will also come as guests. Now tell me: the romantic Consort Liu founding this Bao'en Hermitage—is it the same as or different from Śakra planting the grass? The Master held up his whisk and said: 'A thousand years of permanent property; a single morning's monk.'