二一八 絕 望
「明心見性能造就出何等人物？」
大師說：
「以天下為任，却不阿黨相附。
隨遇而安，一無固定行止。
物來則取，
人去不留。
已逝者，不咎不悔，
未來者，不憂不懼。
招之卽來，
揮之卽去。
勁若海上飆風，
弱如風中飄絮，
柔若水邊浮葦；
又如一樽終日輾轉不語的磨石。
平等愛物，
一如天覆地載，毫無私曲。
這些都是明心見性的境界。」
一位年輕的弟子聽了不禁哭道：「這種指導只適用於死人，怎麼可能用在我們活人身上！」便斷然離去，義無反顧。
REJECTION
“What kind of a person does Enlightenment produce?”
Said the Master:
“To be public-spirited and belong to no party,
to move without being bound to any given course,
to take things as they come,
have no remorse for the past,
no anxiety for the future.
to move when pushed,
to come when dragged.
to be like a mighty gale.
like a feather in the wind,
like weeds floating on a river.
like a mill-stone meekly grinding,
to love all creation equally
as heaven and earth are equal to all
— such is the product of Enlightenment.”
On hearing these words one of the younger disciples cried, “This sort of teaching is
not for the living but for the dead,” and walked away, never to return.