續傳燈錄 24.44

24.44

隨州大洪法為禪師。天台鮑氏子。上堂。法身無相。不可以音聲求。妙道亡言。豈可以文字會。縱使超佛越祖猶落階梯。直饒說妙談玄終挂唇齒。須是功勳不犯影跡不留。枯木寒岩更無津潤。幻人木馬情識皆空。方能垂手入𭚆轉身異類。不見道。無漏國中留不住。却來煙塢臥寒沙。

Chan Master Dahong Fawei of Suizhou was a native of Tiantai surnamed Bao. He ascended the hall and said, 'The Dharmakāya is without form; it cannot be sought through sound. The wondrous Way transcends words; how could it be grasped through letters? Even if one surpasses buddhas and leaps over patriarchs, one still falls into stages; even granted that one speaks of the wondrous and discusses the profound, it ultimately hangs on lips and teeth. One must achieve that where meritorious practice does not intrude and no trace remains: dry wood on a cold crag having no more moisture, illusory people and wooden horses empty of all cognitive feeling. Only then can one drop one's hands and enter the market, turning the body among different kinds. Have you not heard it said: "Unable to remain in the country of no-outflows, one returns to the misty cove to lie in the cold sand"?'