宗鏡錄 98.46

98.46

Master Panshan said: 'The Great Way has no center; who then is before or behind? The vast sky leaves no trace; why bother to measure it? Since empty space is like this, how could the Way be spoken of? The moon of the mind is uniquely round, its light swallowing the ten thousand images. The light does not illuminate objects, nor do objects exist. When light and objects both vanish, what thing is it again? It is like throwing a sword and slashing through empty space—do not speak of reaching it or not reaching it. In this, the sphere of empty space leaves no trace, and the sword's blade suffers no loss. If you can be like this, thought after thought without knowing, the whole person is just the Buddha, and the whole Buddha is just the person. When person and Buddha are not different, only then is it the Way.'