明覺禪師語錄 3.99

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He cited: "Chuanzi said: / 'A thousand feet of fishing line hangs straight down; / As soon as one wave stirs, ten thousand waves follow. / The night is quiet, the water cold, and the fish do not bite; / The boat returns empty, loaded only with bright moonlight.'" The Master said, "This fellow labored without result. If suddenly, as Yunmen said, 'A single matching word is a donkey-peg for ten thousand kalpas,' how could he avoid this fault?" After a long pause he said, "Do not say the water is cold and the fish do not bite; / Now he has caught a full boatload and returns."