筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.63

1.63

Offering words of guidance, he said: "Even if you say 'originally not a single thing exists', you still do not deserve his bowl bag." A monk then asked: "'Diligently wipe it from time to time'—why did he not obtain his robe and bowl? I do not know, what kind of person ought to obtain them?" The Master said: "One who does not enter through the gate." [The monk] said: "Just as for one who does not enter through the gate, does he still obtain them or not?" The Master said: "Even though it is so, one cannot but give them to him."