圓悟佛果禪師語錄 19.71

19.71

[Case] brought up: When the venerable Congyi of Tianping was on foot at Xiyuan, he would often say: "These days, do not say one understands the Buddha Dharma; even finding someone who can bring up a topic is hard to come by." One day he passed beneath Xiyuan's Dharma hall. Xiyuan called out loudly, "Congyi!" Tianping raised his head. Xiyuan said: "Wrong." He walked two or three steps, and Xiyuan said again: "Wrong." Xiyuan said: "Regarding the two 'wrongs' just now, was the old monk wrong, or were you, Elder, wrong?" Tianping said: "Congyi was wrong." Xiyuan said: "Wrong, wrong." A moment later, Xiyuan said: "Elder, stay here for the summer for the time being, and wait for me to discuss these two 'wrongs' with you." Tianping departed immediately. Later, while dwelling at Tianping, he instructed the assembly, saying: "In those years when this old monk was on foot, blown by the wind of karma to Xiyuan in Ruzhou, there was a senior monk Siming who examined me with two 'wrongs,' and furthermore waited to keep me for the summer, waiting to discuss them with me. I do not say I was wrong at that time; before I ever set foot south on my journey, I already knew I was wrong."