景德傳燈錄 24.91

24.91

鄂州靈竹守珍禪師。僧問。如何是西來意。師曰。錫帶胡中土瓶添漢地泉。問迷悟不入諸境時如何。師曰。境從何來。曰恁麼即入諸境去也。師曰。龍頭蛇尾漢。

Chan Master Shouzhen of Lingzhu in Ezhou. A monk asked, "What is the meaning of the [Patriarch's] coming from the West?" The Master said, "The staff carries the soil of the Hu barbarian lands; the flask is replenished with the springs of the Han region." [The monk] asked, "When delusion and awakening do not enter the various realms, how is it?" The Master said, "Where do the realms come from?" [The monk] said, "In that case, then I enter the various realms." The Master said, "A fellow with a dragon's head and a snake's tail."