續傳燈錄 24.13

24.13

臨安府徑山照堂了一禪師。明州人。上堂。參玄之士觸境遇緣不能直下透脫者。蓋為業識深重情妄膠固。六門未息一處不通。絕點純清含生難到。直須入林不動草。入水不動波。始可順生死。流入人間世。諸人要會麼。以拄杖畫曰。秖向這裏薦取。

Chan Master Jingshan Zhaotang Liaoyi of Lin'an Prefecture was a native of Mingzhou. He ascended the hall: "Practitioners who investigate the mystery and yet cannot directly break through when encountering objects and meeting conditions do so because their karmic consciousness is heavy and deep, and their emotional delusions are tightly glued. The six gates have not ceased, and not a single place is unblocked. Spotless and purely clean, sentient beings find it hard to reach. One must enter the forest without moving the grass, and enter the water without stirring the waves; only then can one accord with birth and death and flow into the world of men. Do all of you want to understand?" Drawing a line with his staff, he said: "Grasp it right here!"