景德傳燈錄 25.6

25.6

師後於般若寺開堂說法十二會。第一會師初開堂日示眾云。一毛吞海。海性無虧。纖芥投鋒。鋒利無動。見與不見。會與不會。唯我知焉。乃有頌曰。

Later, at Prajñā Monastery, the master opened the hall and expounded the Dharma in twelve assemblies. On the day he first opened the hall for the first assembly, he instructed the assembly, saying: "A single hair swallows the ocean, yet the nature of the ocean is not diminished; a tiny mustard seed is thrown onto the tip of a blade, yet the sharpness of the blade does not waver. Seeing and not seeing, understanding and not understanding—only I know." Thereupon he offered a verse, saying: