道引善知识

公超然物外。无挂无碍。信步遨游。至温州一山岩栖止。有禅者至。顶礼求教。惶愧无以应。勉曰。愚痴无知。不明开示。彼询修行多久告之。禅者曰。天台华顶融镜老人。乃今唯一善知识。

宣化偈曰：
歧路指迷化高贤。若非净居即天仙。
知识曰善尤第一。遥示天台华顶前。

Finding a guiding advisor

The Master had transcended the corporeal and was unfettered and unobstructed. He freely wandered about until he reached a cliff hut in Wen Chou, where he stayed. A dhyana adept arrived one day and seeking his instruction, made obeisance. Unable to answer his query, the Master was ashamed and said tensely, "I am stupid and have no knowledge. I cannot give instruction." The dhyana adept then inquired how long the Master had been cultivating and the Master told him. The Ch'an monk then said that the Venerable Yung Ching (Interpenetrating Mirror) of Hua Ting (Flower Peak), T'ien T'ai mountain, was the sole knowledgeable advisor of the present-day.

The verse says:
Setting him straight off a confused path, a lofty sage appeared.
If he wasn't a god of the pure heavens, then he was a rsi (immortal).
There was a knowledgeable advisor who was said to be the best,
Spreading wide the T'ien T'ai school the Good Advisor stayed at Hua Ting Peak.