法演禪師語錄 1.70

1.70

Ascending the hall, he said, "Taking the waters of the four great oceans as an inkstone and Mount Sumeru as a brush, if someone were to write in empty space the five characters 'the Patriarch's intention in coming from the west', Taiping would step down from the seat, spread his sitting cloth widely, make prostrations, and take him as master. If he cannot write it, the Buddhadharma has no efficacy! Is there anyone? Is there anyone?" He then stepped down from the seat. As the assembly dispersed, the Master said in a loud voice, "Attendant!" The attendant responded, "Yes?" The Master said, "Take up the sitting cloth." He asked the attendant again, "Have you taken up the sitting cloth?" The attendant held up the sitting cloth. The Master said, "I knew all along you would do that."