人天眼目 4.32

4.32

The three kinds of Dīpaṃkara are found in the Recorded Sayings of Caoshan; they are not Yangshan’s words. Caoshan said: “Before Dīpaṃkara [lighting the lamp], there are two kinds: one is not yet knowing there is It, which is like milk akin to blood; the other is knowing there is It, like when intention has not yet sprouted and one first attains the fundamental thing. This is called before lighting the lamp. A further kind is knowing there is It, but speech coming and going, right and wrong, sound and form also do not pertain to true illumination and function, nor do they obtain prophecy; like milk akin to blood, this is an affair on the leaking and losing side. This is called after lighting the lamp. Only when the affairs of the three times are completely ended, outer and inner emotions forgotten, and uninterrupted continuity is attained—this first attains true lighting of the lamp, which is called obtaining prophecy.” (This explanation appears in the Zuting shiyuan. Since it was previously included in the Guiyang lineage, there is no desire to relocate it.)