續傳燈錄 2.57

2.57

Chan Master Chucai Zhanzhi of Mount He in Jizhou was a native of Linjiang military prefecture. A monk asked, 'The Buddha's command and the Patriarch's command are carried out together in all directions. I wonder: what about the upādhyāya?' The Master said, 'This mountain monk steps back.' The monk said, 'If so, then you are no different from all other places.' The Master said, 'I respectfully submit, I respectfully submit.' The monk asked, 'What is the phrase that departs from the ordinary and the sacred?' The Master said, 'Mountains and rivers rest upon the palm of the hand.' The monk said, 'If so, then it far surpasses both past and present.' The Master said, 'Expanding and contracting depend on the person.' The monk asked, 'How is it when not a single hair has yet sprouted?' The Master said, 'The sea is calm and the river is clear.' The monk said, 'How is it after it has sprouted?' The Master said, 'Throughout the realm, there is no one who knows me.' The monk asked, 'What is the mouth with which the upādhyāya expounds the Dharma?' The Master said, 'Letting through a slit of a path.' The monk asked, 'Holding uncarved jade, I turn to the master; I ask the master to chisel it.' The Master said, 'I will not chisel it.' The monk said, 'Why will you not chisel it?' The Master said, 'Trying to be clever, one turns out clumsy instead.'