楊岐方會和尚後錄 1.36

1.36

One day, Lian Sansheng arrived. The Master said: “The cold wind is piercing and bitter, red leaves drift through the air. Worthy traveler of the ancestral chambers, where did you depart from this morning?” Lian said: “After the midday meal, I departed from Nanyuan.” The Master said: “How do you say the phrase right beneath your heels?” Lian snapped his sitting cloth once. The Master said: “Is there only this, or is there something else?” Lian made a motion of drawing back. The Master said: “Sit for a while and drink tea.”