續傳燈錄 30.12

30.12

撫州靈巖圓日禪師。上堂。悟無不悟得無不得。九年面壁空勞力。三脚驢兒跳上天。泥牛入海無蹤跡。為甚如此。九九八十一。

Chan Master Yuanri of Lingyan in Fuzhou ascended the hall [and said], "Awakening, there is nothing not awakened; attaining, there is nothing not attained. Nine years of wall-gazing was a waste of effort. The three-legged donkey leaps up to heaven; the mud ox enters the sea without a trace. Why is it so? Nine times nine is eighty-one."