景德傳燈錄 10.83

10.83

Upādhyāya Qi’an of Huangzhou instructed the student assembly, saying, “If words do not fall into phrases, Buddhas and Patriarchs have conferred them in vain. If the profound resonance is not lost, who can understand it?” A monk asked, “How can one recognize one’s own Buddha?” The Master said, “When a single leaf brightens, it cannot be exhausted; when the pine wind’s melody ceases, there is resentment that no one hears.” The monk said, “What is one’s own Buddha?” The Master said, “A swift horse before the grass is truly hard to exhaust; when the marvelous is exhausted, one must still act as a beast.” Someone asked, “How old is the Great Master?” The Master said, “Five, six, four, three cannot be classified; how could it be the same as one and two, which are truly hard to exhaust?” The Master had a verse: