袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.81

1.81

There was a postulant who followed a Dharma master into the Buddha hall. The postulant spat toward the Buddha. The Dharma master said, "Postulant, you have little propriety; why spit at the Buddha?" The postulant said, "Bring me a place where there is no Buddha for me to spit." The Dharma master had no reply. Guishan said, "The benevolent one turns out not to be benevolent; the non-benevolent one turns out to be benevolent." The Master provided a substitute word for the Dharma master, saying, "Just spit on the postulant." He also said, "If the postulant has something to say, then say to him: 'Return to me a place where there is no postulant.'"