人天眼目 1.140

1.140

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?"