宗鏡錄 98.39

98.39

The monk Dadian said: In past years, this old monk saw the monk Shitou, who asked, 'Which one is your mind?' I replied, 'That which speaks is the mind.' I was shouted out by the master. After some days, I asked again, 'Since what was said the other day was not the mind, other than this, what is the mind?' The master said, 'Excluding all matters of raising eyebrows and moving eyes, bring your mind directly.' I replied, 'There is no mind that can be brought.' The master said, 'Originally you had a mind; how can you say there is no mind? Having no mind is entirely slandering me.' At that time, beneath his words, I had a great awakening, and so I replied, 'Since you tell me to exclude all matters of raising eyebrows and moving eyes, the Venerable must also exclude them.' The master said, 'I have excluded them.' I replied, 'I have presented it to the Venerable.' The master said, 'Now that you have presented it to me, what is your mind like?' I replied, 'It is no different from the Venerable.' The master said, 'It is none of your business.' I replied, 'Fundamentally there is no thing.' The master said, 'You too are no thing.' I replied, 'Since there is no thing, it is the true thing.' The master said, 'The true thing cannot be attained. Such is the import of the direct perception of your mind. You must take great care to preserve it.'