大慧普覺禪師語錄 4.29

4.29

Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Zhaozhou: 'I have heard that the Venerable personally saw Nanquan; is this so or not?' Zhaozhou said: 'Zhenzhou produces large turnips.' Another monk asked: 'The ten thousand dharmas return to one; where does the one return?' Zhaozhou said: 'When I was in Qingzhou, I made a cloth shirt weighing seven catties.' Old Man Yunju Shun said: 'Zhenzhou's turnips are large; Qingzhou's cloth shirt is heavy. If you wish to understand the meaning within this, the rooster crows at the fifth watch.'" The Master said: "Yunju speaking like this is very much like finding it hard to forget what is familiar. If it were Jingshan, it would not be so: / Zhenzhou's turnips have always been large; / The weight of Qingzhou's cloth shirt is clear. / Patch-robed monks gather their heads seeking the definite purport, / Yet are like mosquitoes and gnats biting an iron nail."