人天眼目 2.107

2.107

Ever since the lamp was shared at Cock's Foot Mountain and the fragrance was transmitted from Shaolin, each has expounded the profound style and mutually promoted Buddhist works. If one relies on verbal explanations as proof, one extinguishes the Dharma gate; what is more, engaging in artificial cultivation will submerge the ancient sages in mediocrity. Everything is clearly revealed; every object illuminates the truth. There is no need to hesitate; speak straight to the point! (An ancient master commented: "The wind blows the willows on the southern bank; rain breaks the lotuses in the northern pond. White egrets descending into the fields look like a thousand flakes of snow; an oriole alighting on a tree is a single branch of blossom.")