圓悟佛果禪師語錄 16.31

16.31

[The Master] cited: "A monk asked Yunmen: 'At the beginning of autumn and the end of summer, if someone asks about my future path, I wonder what I should say to him?' Yunmen said: 'Assembly, step back!' The monk said: 'Where is the fault?' Yunmen said: 'Give me back the cost of ninety days' meals!'" The Master said: "This monk was greedy to gaze at white waves; Yunmen acted seeing the dynamic. Although he cut through iron and severed nails, it was not yet the fundamental lot's forage. Were someone to ask Chongning, I would only answer him: 'Before the donkey business is finished, the horse business arrives.' Wait for him to do whatever, and strike him right across the back with the staff."