萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.99

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The Master said: Tiantong first versified reflecting back on that which can think—how could there be so many kinds? Yunmen said, 'Whether you understand or do not understand, it is wrapped up before your eyes.' This is 'having no outside, it contains all.' Mountains, rivers, multi-storied pavilions, humans, animals, and other things—the one and the many are unobstructed; person and object interpenetrate. This is 'having no obstruction, it surges through.' State Preceptor Shao said, 'The peak of Tongxuan / Is not of the human realm. / Outside mind there are no dharmas; / Green mountains fill the eyes.' 'The peak of Tongxuan' is the object thought of. 'Is not of the human realm' is the mind that can think. 'Outside mind there are no dharmas' is not seeing any of them existing at all. 'Green mountains fill the eyes' is just this one sentence. This monk and State Preceptor Shao are separated by the station of faith and the station of the person, by one mystery and three mysteries, so that truly 'the gates and walls are sheer and steep, the locks and barriers are multiple,' exceedingly difficult to meet. He also versifies that this monk's view is like the drunken guest and the sluggish farmer, while Yangshan's pointing is like the wondrous wings and the roaming dragon. The Lotus Sūtra says: 'For example, a man goes to the house of a close friend, gets drunk on wine, and lies down. At that time the close friend has official business and must travel; he ties an invaluable jewel inside his robe. The man, drunkenly lying down, is completely unaware.' Zhaozhou said, 'I once heard that one full meal forgets a hundred hungers; today this mountain monk's body is just that.' Zhaozhou's one full meal forgetting a hundred hungers is worthy of receiving the wonderful offerings of humans and devas. This monk, with a full belly of rice, is a sluggish farmer—even a drop of water is difficult for him to digest. Let those with clear eyes discern it! The Sanskrit term 'Garuḍa' is translated here as 'mowang-chi niao' [wondrous-winged bird]; it beats the wind and splits the sea, directly seizing and swallowing dragons. Confucius asked Laozi about propriety, saying that seeing Laozi was like seeing a dragon. The roaming dragon appears and disappears amidst clouds and mist, unlike those lying dormant. This versifies that the station of the person is not yet it, that he has only attained one mystery, and looking for oneself afterward tells him to shift his body and change his steps. Why? As long as there is a road to ascend, higher people also walk it.