景德傳燈錄 8.24

8.24

利山和尚。僧問。眾色歸空空歸何所。師云。舌頭不出口。僧云。為什麼不出口。師云。內外一如故。僧問不歷僧祇獲法身請師直指。師云。子承父業。僧云。如何領會。師云貶剝不施。僧云。恁麼即大眾有賴去。師云。大眾且置。作麼生是法身。僧無對。師云。汝問我向爾道。僧却問。如何是法身。師云。空華陽焰。僧問。如何是西來意。師云。不見如何。僧云。為什麼如此。師云。只為如此。

Upādhyāya Lishan: A monk asked, "All forms return to emptiness; where does emptiness return?" The master said, "The tongue does not leave the mouth." The monk asked, "Why does it not leave the mouth?" The master said, "Because the inside and the outside are one and the same." The monk asked, "Without passing through asaṃkhyeya [eons], one attains the Dharmakāya. Please, Master, point to it directly." The master said, "The son inherits his father's estate." The monk asked, "How should one understand this?" The master said, "No demotion or stripping away is applied." The monk said, "In that case, the assembly has something to rely upon." The master said, "Set the assembly aside for now. What is the Dharmakāya?" The monk had no reply. The master said, "You ask, and I will tell you." The monk then asked, "What is the Dharmakāya?" The master said, "Flowers in the sky, mirages in the sun." The monk asked, "What is the meaning of [Bodhidharma's] coming from the West?" The master said, "Not seeing how it is." The monk said, "Why is it like this?" The master said, "Just because it is like this."