法演禪師語錄 2.61

2.61

Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Dongshan, 'What is the eye of a kalyāṇamitra?' Dongshan said, 'A paper twist without oil.' Were you to ask Baiyun, I would answer, 'Without oil, one does not light the lamp.' Even so, this is still three thousand miles away from Dongshan; yet within it there is a good point. What is the good point? In the pitch-dark, you bump into the bare pillar, and perhaps you will awaken."