Hengchuan's Eulogy for Bodhidharma

On the anniversary of Bodhidharma's (c. late-fourth century to early-fifth century) death, Hengchuan (1222 - 1289 CE) held up incense and said:

"He did not engender aversion when he beheld evil. He did not offer praise when he observed good. He did not abandon the wise and approach the ignorant. He did not spurn the deluded and go to the enlightened. Comprehending the Great Path, mastering the Buddha Mind, he went beyond measures. He did not share the same routines with the ordinary or the holy. He was transcendent, so we call him our ancestral teacher, our patriarch."

Then Hengchuan took the incense and hit the brazier three times. He asked the assembly, "Do you understand? Pure wisdom wondrous and complete, its essential body inherently empty and still."