景德傳燈錄 11.20

11.20

京兆米和尚（亦謂米七師）初參學歸受業寺。有老宿問。月中斷井索時人喚作蛇。未審七師見佛喚作什麼。師曰。若有佛見即同眾生（法眼別云。此是什麼時節問。法燈別云。喚底不是）老宿曰。千年桃核。師令僧去問仰山云。今時還假悟也無。仰山云。悟即不無。爭奈落在第二頭。師深肯之。又令僧去問洞山云。那箇究竟作麼生。洞山云。却須問他始得。師亦肯之。僧問。如何是衲衣下事。師云。醜陋任君嫌。不挂雲霞色。

Upādhyāya Mi of Jingzhao (also called Mi Qishi). When he first finished his travels and studies, he returned to his home temple. A senior monk asked: “In the moonlight, a broken well rope is called a snake by ordinary people. I wonder what Brother Qi calls it when seeing a Buddha?”
The Master said: “If there is a view of Buddha, it is identical to ordinary beings.” (Fayan gave an alternative: “What time of day is it to ask this?” Fadeng gave an alternative: “What is called is not it.”)
The senior monk said: “A thousand-year-old peach stone.”

The Master sent a monk to ask Yangshan: “Nowadays, do people still rely on enlightenment?”
Yangshan said: “Enlightenment is not lacking, but how can one help falling into the secondary?”
The Master deeply affirmed this.
He also sent a monk to ask Dongshan: “How is that ultimate one?”
Dongshan said: “You must ask him yourself before you will get it.”
The Master affirmed this as well.

A monk asked: “What is the matter beneath the patch-robed monk’s robe?”
The Master said: “Let anyone dislike its ugliness; it is not draped in the colors of clouds and mist.”