景德傳燈錄 6.17

6.17

Chan Master Licun Ziman of Xinzhou entered the hall and said, "Past and present are not different, naturally so as things are. What more is there? Although it is like this, in this matter there are very many people who are utterly at a loss." At that time a monk asked, "Not falling into past or present, please, Master, speak directly." The master said, "I know full well you are at a loss." The monk wanted to speak further, but the master said, "You thought the old monk would fall into his 'past and present'?" The monk said, "How then is it right?" The master said, "For a fish leaping into the blue sky, the gradual steps are hard to fly." The monk said, "How can one avoid this fault?" The master said, "If it has the form of a dragon, who discusses high and low?" That monk bowed. The master said, "How bitter, how unjust! Who is like me?" One day the master said to the assembly, "Aside from bright day and dark night, what else can be said? Take good care of yourselves." At that time a monk asked, "What is the phrase of non-disputation?" The master said, "Resounding through heaven and shaking the earth."