21/01/2022

靈祐, 慧寂一塊放牛。靈祐指著牛群問:「你說這群牛裡有菩薩嗎?」

慧寂說有。

靈祐緊接又問:「你看哪頭牛是菩薩? 給我指出來!」

慧寂反問:「師父, 你懷疑哪頭牛不是菩薩? 請給我指出來!」

一切眾生都有佛性, 皆可做佛。凡夫觀之, 畜生一群; 佛眼看來, 一群菩薩。

妄心起, 聖人成凡夫; 妄心休歇去, 眾生皆是佛!

Zen Master Weishan Lingyou and Zen Master Yangshan Huiji were herding cattle together. Lingyou pointed to the cattle and asked, “Do you think there are bodhisattvas in them?”

Huiji nodded.

Lingyou asked immediately, “Which cow do you say is a bodhisattva? Please point it out!”

Huiji asked, “Master, which cow do you say is not a Bodhisattva? Please point it out to me!”

All sentient beings have Buddha nature and can be Buddhas. However, ordinary people view it as a group of beasts; from the eyes of Buddha, a group of bodhisattvas.

Buddhas become ordinary when the deluded mind rises; all living beings are Buddhas when the deluded mind rest!