萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.23

5.23

示眾云。聞香象渡河底。已隨流去。知生不生性底。為生之所留。更論定前定後作笋作篾。劍去久矣。爾方刻舟。蹋轉機輪。作麼生別行一路。試請舉看。

Instruction to the assembly: Those who hear of the fragrant elephant crossing the river have already gone with the flow. Those who know that birth is the unborn nature are detained by birth. What is more, discussing before and after absorption, or making shoots and making bamboo strips—the sword has long been gone, and you only now notch the boat! Stepping to turn the mechanism's wheel, how do you travel another path? Please try to present it and see.