筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.71

1.71

The Master instructed the assembly, saying, "I have three paths to receive people: the bird's path, the dark path, and the open hand." A monk asked, "The Master constantly teaches students to travel the bird's path; I wonder, what is the bird's path?" The Master said, "Not meeting a single person." The monk said, "How does one walk it?" The Master said, "Underfoot there must simply be no self-interest." The monk said, "Just as one walks the bird's path, is that not the original face?"