..续本文上一页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."

　　拾得大师说：「你在做什么？」太守说：「我听丰干和尚对我说，两位是文殊和普贤二大菩萨的化身。所以特来参拜，恳乞开示。」拾得一听，向后倒退而说：「丰干饶舌！丰干饶舌！丰干是弥陀化身，你不去拜弥陀，来麻烦我们做什么？」说完便退到寺门之外，到天台山月光岩，退隐石壁中。

　　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，二位菩萨隐藏起来了，所以心中就想：「回去拜弥陀吧！」等他回来时，丰干和尚已经圆寂了。这是当面错过，所谓「对面不识观世音。」我们禅堂中也有观世音菩萨，可是我不能告诉你们，免得被你们给撵跑了。

　　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○年禅七十二月开示

　　A talk given during a Chan session

　　in December, 1980

《参禅的境界 The State of Chan Meditation》全文阅读结束。