大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.41

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8.41

Instructing the assembly, he brought up [the following]: "A monk asked Muzhou, 'How is it when a single word expresses it completely?' Muzhou said, 'This old monk is inside your bowl-bag.' He also asked Yunmen, 'How is it when a single word expresses it completely?' Yunmen said, 'Torn to pieces.'" The Master said, "If someone were to ask this mountain monk, 'How is it when a single word expresses it completely?' You lacquer bucket!"

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