人天眼目 1.140

1.140

寂音曰。今此法門。叢林怕怖。不欲聞其聲。何以言之。諸方但要平實見解。執之不移。只欲傳受。不信有悟。假使汾陽復生。親為剖析。亦以為非。昔阿難夜經行次。聞童子誦佛偈。若人生百歲。不善水潦鶴。未若生一日而得決了之。阿難教之曰。不善諸佛機。非水潦鶴也。童子歸白其師。師笑曰。阿難老昏矣。當以我語為是。今學者之前。語三玄三要十智同真旨趣。何以異此。

Jiyin said: "Nowadays, the monasteries are terrified of this Dharma gate and do not wish to hear its voice. Why do I say this? Everywhere, people only want flat and solid views, clinging to them immovably; they only wish to transmit and receive, not believing that there is awakening. Even if Fenyang were reborn and personally analyzed it for them, they would still consider him wrong. In the past, while Ānanda was walking about at night, he heard a novice reciting a verse of the Buddha: 'If a person lives for a hundred years / and does not understand the water-wader crane, / it is not as good as living for one day / and being able to clearly understand it.' Ānanda corrected him, saying, 'It is "does not understand the workings of all Buddhas," not "the water-wader crane."' The novice returned and reported this to his teacher. The teacher laughed and said, 'Ānanda is old and muddled; you should consider my words to be correct.' In front of today's students, speaking of the principles of the Three Mysteries, the Three Essentials, and the Ten Wisdoms of Identical Reality—how is it any different from this?"