This excerpt is from the Book of Serenity translated by Thomas Clearly. Here, I only present the Case and Verse and forego the commentaries by Wansong.
Case
A rajah of an East Indian country invited the twenty-seventh Buddhist patriarch Prajnatara to a feast. The rajah asked him, "Why don't you read scriptures" The patriarch said, "This poor wayfarer doesn't dwell in the realms of the body or mind when breathing in, doesn't get involved in the myriad circumstances when breathing out -- I always reiterate such a scripture, hundreds, thousands, millions of scrolls.
Verse by Tiantong
A cloud rhino gazes at the moon, the light engulfing radiance;
A wood horse romps in spring, swift and unbridled.
Under the eyebrows, a pair of cold blue eyes;
How can reading scriptures reach the piercing of oxhide?
The clear mind produces vast aeons,
Heroic power smashes the double enclosure.
In the subtle mouth of the pivot turns the spiritual works.
Hashan forgot the road by which he came --
Shide led him by the hand.
Nimtrix: How many scrolls of this scripture have you read?
Submitted May 09, 2019 at 05:32AM by Nimtrix1849 http://bit.ly/2VuJyh2
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