人天眼目 1.118

1.118

Zi said: "Asking about the host within the guest is the dynamic of mutual interchange. Asking about the guest within the host is living together and dying together. Distinguishing the host within the host is holding one's breath and swallowing one's voice. Searching for the guest within the guest is white clouds for ten thousand miles. Therefore, within the phrase there is no intention; the intention lies within the phrase. If you understand this clearly, a pair of solitary wild geese strike the ground and fly high. If you do not understand this, a pair of mandarin ducks stand alone in the pond. Zen practitioners who recognize the tune, attest to this with one another. Those of the superficial sort, you must be extremely careful." After a long pause, he said, "Were it Tao Yuanming, he would knit his brows and immediately return home."