직지심체요절 (Anthology of Great Buddhist Priests' Zen Teachings — World's Oldest Movable Metal Type, 1377)

A two-page spread of a woodblock-printed Buddhist manuscript. The text is arranged in vertical columns, reading from right to left. The characters are in a sharp, regular block-printing style (kaishu). Numerous red circles and dots have been added by a later reader to indicate punctuation and phrasing. The left-hand page features a margin note providing the title "Jikji, Volume 2" and the page number "16".

○ Chan Master Yongzhen showed the assembly, saying: "A single piece of clarity, brilliant and radiant. If you try to pursue and search for it, it is very hard to see. Clearly throw it away, and the great matter of human nature will be fully accomplished. It is joyful and without attachments. Even ten thousand taels of gold cannot replace it. Let the thousand sages emerge; they will all appear within its shadow."

○ Chan Master Daeryeong of Silla, because a monk asked, "What is purity in all places?" The Master said, "Cut a jade branch; every inch is treasure. Tear a sandalwood tree; every piece is fragrant."
He composed a verse: "The universe is entirely a kingdom of gold. All ten thousand existences fully manifest the pure, marvelous body."

○ Chan Master Guichen asked the Mountain Master, "Where are you coming from?" The Master said, "From the south." The Master said, "How is the Buddha-Dharma in the south these days?" The Master said, "There is much discussion." The Master said, "How does that compare to eating rice here?" The Master said, "What do you call the Three Realms?" The Master said, "You call it the Three Realms?" The Master had an awakening at these words.
A verse says: "Farming to earn rice is an everyday affair. Those who are not fully sated in their study do not understand."

○ Dizang asked Baofu, "How does a monk within the robe show the Dharma to others?" The monk said, "Baofu sometimes says: 'I block your eyes, teaching you to look but not see; I block your ears, teaching you to listen but not hear; I block your intent, teaching you to be unable to discriminate.'" The Master said, "I ask you, if I do not block your eyes, what do you see? If I do not block your ears, what do you hear? If I do not block your intent, how do you discriminate?" The monk was greatly awakened at these words.

Chan Master Huiqiu showed the assembly, saying, "The energy of the porridge and rice here is for you brothers to proclaim, but it is not permanent. If you want the essential realization, it is the mountains, rivers, and the great earth that will clarify it for you. This path is permanent and can also be the ultimate. If you enter through the gate of Manjusri Bodhisattva of Wisdom, all conditioned things, such as earth, wood, and tiles, will help you trigger this realization. If you enter through the gate of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva of Compassion, all sounds and noises, even the sounds of toads and earthworms, will be your proclamation. If you enter through the gate of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva of Universal Virtue, you will arrive without moving a step. I now use these three gates of skillful means to show you. It is like using a broken chopstick to stir the water of the great ocean, making the fish and dragons know that water is their life. Do you understand? If you do not have the eye of wisdom to examine this, no matter how skillful you are, it will not be the ultimate."

Straight Pointing
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