圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.44

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17.44

He cited: "A monk asked Touzi, 'What is the causes and conditions of the one great matter?' Touzi said, 'Minister of Works Yin opened the hall for this old monk.'"
The Master critiqued this, saying, "People say Touzi was honest and plain; he was indeed excessively simple. If it were this mountain monk, it would not be so. If someone were to ask, 'What is the causes and conditions of the one great matter?', I would only tell him, 'To ride the tide, one must be a tide-rider.'"

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