宗鏡錄 98.8

98.8

高僧釋靈潤云。捨外塵邪執。得意言分別。捨唯識想。得真法界。前觀無相。捨外塵相。後觀無生。捨唯識想。又常與法侶登山遊觀。野火四合。眾並奔散。唯潤安行。如常顧陟。語諸屬曰。心外無火。火實自心。謂火可逃。無由免火。及火至潤。潛然自斂。

The eminent monk, the Śākya Lingrun, said: "Relinquishing wrongful attachments to external dusts, one attains discrimination of mental expressions. Relinquishing the notion of consciousness-only, one attains the true dharmadhātu. The former contemplation is without characteristics, relinquishing the characteristics of external dusts. The latter contemplation is non-arising, relinquishing the notion of consciousness-only." Furthermore, he was once climbing a mountain on an excursion with his Dharma companions when a wildfire surrounded them on all four sides. The assembly all scattered in flight, but Lingrun alone walked calmly, ascending and looking around as usual. He spoke to his followers, saying: "Outside of mind there is no fire; the fire is truly one's own mind. Thinking that the fire can be escaped, one has no means of avoiding the fire." When the fire reached Lingrun, it spontaneously subsided.