續傳燈錄 32.26

32.26

福州雪峯崇聖普慈蘊聞禪師。洪州沈氏子。示眾云。栴檀叢林栴檀圍繞。師子叢林師子圍繞。虎狼叢林虎狼圍繞。荊棘叢林荊棘圍繞。大眾四種叢林合向那一種叢林安居好。若也明得九十日內。管取箇箇成佛作祖。其或未然般若叢林歲歲凋。無明荒草年年長。

Chan Master Puci Yunwen of Xuefeng Chongsheng in Fuzhou was a son of the Shen family in Hongzhou. Instructing the assembly, he said: “A sandalwood forest is surrounded by sandalwood. A lion forest is surrounded by lions. A tiger and wolf forest is surrounded by tigers and wolves. A briar forest is surrounded by briars. Great assembly! In which kind of forest is it proper to dwell in peace? If you clearly understand this, then within ninety days I guarantee each and every one will become a Buddha and an ancestor. If not yet so, the prajñā forest withers year after year, and the wild grass of ignorance grows year by year.”