景德傳燈錄 11.20

11.20

Upādhyāya Mi of Jingzhao (also called Mi Qishi). When he first finished his travels and studies, he returned to his home temple. A senior monk asked: “In the moonlight, a broken well rope is called a snake by ordinary people. I wonder what Brother Qi calls it when seeing a Buddha?”
The Master said: “If there is a view of Buddha, it is identical to ordinary beings.” (Fayan gave an alternative: “What time of day is it to ask this?” Fadeng gave an alternative: “What is called is not it.”)
The senior monk said: “A thousand-year-old peach stone.”

The Master sent a monk to ask Yangshan: “Nowadays, do people still rely on enlightenment?”
Yangshan said: “Enlightenment is not lacking, but how can one help falling into the secondary?”
The Master deeply affirmed this.
He also sent a monk to ask Dongshan: “How is that ultimate one?”
Dongshan said: “You must ask him yourself before you will get it.”
The Master affirmed this as well.

A monk asked: “What is the matter beneath the patch-robed monk’s robe?”
The Master said: “Let anyone dislike its ugliness; it is not draped in the colors of clouds and mist.”