鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.23

1.23

Ascending the hall, [the Master] said, "On the lump of red flesh there is a true person of no rank, constantly entering and exiting through the face-gates of each of you. Those who have not yet verified it, look, look!"
At that time a monk came forward and asked, "What is the true person of no rank?"
The Master stepped down from the meditation seat, seized him, and said, "Speak! Speak!"
The monk hesitated. The Master pushed him away and said, "What dry lump of shit is the true person of no rank?" He then returned to the abbot's quarters.