..續本文上一頁en, where Hanshan and Shide were talking and laughing hysterically, looking truly comical. The Magistrate Lu Qiuyin, nonetheless, made very sincere bows to the two of them, and then stated with utmost reverence, "Disciple Lu Qiuyin asks the two Bodhisattvas for their compassionate regard; please give instructions to this confused mortal."

　　拾得大師說：「你在做什麼？」太守說：「我聽豐幹和尚對我說，兩位是文殊和普賢二大菩薩的化身。所以特來參拜，懇乞開示。」拾得一聽，向後倒退而說：「豐幹饒舌！豐幹饒舌！豐幹是彌陀化身，你不去拜彌陀，來麻煩我們做什麼？」說完便退到寺門之外，到天臺山月光岩，退隱石壁中。

　　Great Master Shide asked him, "What are you doing

　　" The Magistrate replied, "Abbot Fenggan said that you two are the transformations of Manjushri and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas. I came out especially to bow to you and to earnestly seek your instructions." Great Master Shide heard this reply and stepped backwards. He said, "Fenggan has been prattling. Fenggan is a tattletale! He”s the transformation of Amitabha Buddha! Why didn”t you bow to him instead of coming to bother us

　　" As he spoke, he continued to walk backwards out the door of the temple and all the way to the front of Moonlight Cave in the face of Tiantai Mountain. The two men vanished right into the rock wall of the mountain.

　　太守一看，大失所望，二位菩薩隱藏起來了，所以心中就想：「回去拜彌陀吧！」等他回來時，豐幹和尚已經圓寂了。這是當面錯過，所謂「對面不識觀世音。」我們禅堂中也有觀世音菩薩，可是我不能告訴你們，免得被你們給攆跑了。

　　The Magistrate watched in amazement as the two Bodhisattvas hid themselves, and he felt deep disappointment. He thought, "I must quickly go bow to Amitabha!" But by the time he returned to the Abbot”s place, Abbot Fenggan had already entered the stillness of Nirvana. The Magistrate had mistaken what was before his very eyes. This is known as "Being face to face with Guanshiyin, yet failing to recognize him." Guanshiyin Bodhisattva is also here in the Chan Hall with us now, but I don”t want to tell you who he is, for fear that once you know, you”ll drive him away.

　　一九八○年禅七十二月開示

　　A talk given during a Chan session

　　in December, 1980

《參禅的境界 The State of Chan Meditation》全文閱讀結束。