人天眼目 2.7

2.7

Fushan Yuanjian instructed the assembly, saying: “Fenyang has the lion phrases, and these lions are of three kinds: 1. Transcending the lineage with exceptional vision; 2. Level with the eyebrows, walking together; 3. Following shadows and echoes. If one transcends the lineage with exceptional vision, one's insight surpasses the teacher's, and one can be a seedling worthy of transmission. If one is level with the eyebrows, walking together, one's insight equals the teacher's, reducing half of the teacher's virtue. If one follows shadows and echoes, one is like a jackal leaning on authority—how can different kinds be distinguished? Therefore, ancient worthies gave this entrusted admonition: ‘When you meet face-to-face, you must closely examine and investigate thoroughly; you must not be careless, lest you mistakenly bestow the seal of approval upon later people!’”