萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.27

3.27

The Master said: These two buddhas, Sun-Face and Moon-Face, are like stars shooting and lightning rolling, admitting of no deliberation. Formerly, the Qin palace used jade for mirrors to reflect the ministers, so that their livers, gallbladders, and viscera all appeared; moreover, when foxes took human form, only their original shapes appeared in the mirror. This is being without partiality or concealment. The *Record of the Mutual Resonance of Things* states that Langfeng Shoal produces pearls which, when placed in a vessel, turn of themselves, which are called rolling pearls. This verse praises Mazu's mind as being like an ancient mirror and his dynamic like a rolling pearl, leaving no trace of an image. Gold refined a hundred times depends on the hammer and anvil of an adept; silk from a single loom depends on the skillful shears and ruler. A monk asked Yunyan, 'The person of great preservation and that one—are they one or two?' Yan said, 'Silk from a single loom: is it one piece or two pieces?' Dongshan spoke in his place: 'Like someone grafting trees.' This is the convergence of objective realm and spirit, the merging of wisdom and principle, heaven and water sharing the same autumn, ruler and minister in harmonious accord. When silk encounters shears and ruler, cutting is up to the person; when gold encounters hammer and anvil, forging rests with oneself. Tell me, on the part of a patch-robed monk, what sort of business has been accomplished? Sun-Face Buddha, Moon-Face Buddha.