No Coming - No Going

[Shi Da Dao]

Ch'an Master Yuetang said: 'In 1129, when Zhong Xiang rebelled in Loyang, Ch'an Master Wenshu Dao was in danger. When the power of the rebels had grown to full force, his disciples fled, but the master said, "Can calamity be avoided?" Thus remaining resolutely in his room, the master was eventually killed by plunderers.

The lay disciple Wugou wrote an afterward to the collection of the master's sayings:

"Liking life and disliking death is the ordinary feeling for human beings. Only fully developed human beings realise they are originally 'unborn', and while alive have no attachment, and comprehend that they never truly perish, so although they appear to die they have no fear. Therefore, they can face the times of tribulation of death (and birth) without wavering in their determination."

"The master was one such person. As the master's enlightened virtue and fidelity to truth were worthy to teach the Ch'an communities and set an example for later generations, he was entitled 'Zheng Dao' or 'True Way'. He inherited the Dharma from Ch'an Master Fojian"'

Record of Great Master Hui (of Lushan)