圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.81

18.81

[Yuanwu] brought up: "Yunmen asked a monk, 'When an ancient Buddha and an exposed pillar intermingle, which dynamic is it?' The monk was speechless. Yunmen said, 'You ask, and I will tell you.' The monk then asked. Yunmen said, 'A single cord is thirty cash.' The monk said, 'What does "a single cord is thirty cash" mean?' Yunmen said, 'Give him a beating.' On the monk's behalf, he substituted the earlier response: 'Clouds rise from the southern mountain; rain falls on the northern mountain.'"