景德傳燈錄 5.97

5.97

又有近臣。問曰。此身從何而來。百年之後復歸何處。師曰。如人夢時從何而來。睡覺時從何而去。曰夢時不可言無。既覺不可言有。雖有有無來往無所。師曰。貧道此身亦如其夢。又有偈曰。

There was also a close attendant minister who asked: "Whence did this body come? After a hundred years, where will it return again?" The Master said: "When a person is dreaming, whence do they come? When they wake from sleep, whither do they go?" The minister said: "While dreaming, it cannot be said to be nonexistent; once awakened, it cannot be said to exist. Although there are existence and nonexistence, there is no place of coming or going." The Master said: "This poor monk's body is also like that dream." He also had a verse, which went: