萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.99

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The Master said: Hearing sounds, one awakens to the Way—does the Way have sound? Seeing forms, one clarifies the mind—does the mind have form? This is 'rites, music, and punitive expeditions proceeding from the Son of Heaven'; 'the troops of benevolence and righteousness have no rival under heaven.' Comets, spears, and brooms all bring the same calamity. Taking sound and form as shadows and echoes indicates they are not real. 'Shadow' refers to images in a mirror and the moon in water; 'echo' refers to the sound transmitted across an empty valley. In the mind of the Way, these are all comets. The myriad realms are like the myriad dharmas; the twelve loci are like the six sense faculties and the six sense objects. The bright light of the three-thousandfold world shines through and shatters shadows and echoes; because shadows and echoes are removed, the bright light is released. Have you not seen Baizhang Guling say, 'The divine light shines alone, transcending faculties and objects far away'? If suddenly every faculty and every object pervades the dharmadhātu, what would that be like? Thinking it was a steamed bun, it turned out to be a sesame cake.