續傳燈錄 22.30

22.30

德安府文殊宣能禪師。僧問。如何是祖師燈。師曰。四生無不照。一點任君看。上堂。石鞏箭祕魔叉。直下會得眼裏空華。堪悲堪笑少林客。暗携隻履度流沙。

Chan Master Xuanneng of Wenshu in De'an Prefecture. A monk asked, "What is the Patriarch's lamp?" The master said, "There are none of the four modes of birth it does not illuminate; one point is left entirely to your seeing." Ascending the hall: "Shigong's arrow, Mimo's pitchfork— / If you understand them right on the spot, they are flowers in the sky of your eyes. / Pitiful, laughable, the guest of Shaolin: / Secretly carrying a single shoe across the shifting sands."