圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.16
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18.16
He brought up [the following case]: "A monk asked Fengxue: 'For the reward and labor of the ninety days of summer, please, Master, recommend a word.' Fengxue said: 'No leisure to pick up a handful of fragrant grass; the six-ringed golden staff jingles, shaking the sky.'" The Master commented: "Fengxue uses matters right in the open, certainly refined and elegant, yet he can only speak phrases along the way. If someone asked Daolin: 'For the reward and labor of the ninety days of summer, please, Master, recommend a word,' I would only say to him: 'Beside the Hall of Four Marvels auspicious vapors are displayed; on the bank of the Three Xiang Rivers the high standard is seized.'"
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