密菴和尚語錄 1.63

1.63

Ascending the hall: "A single leaf falls, and all under heaven is autumn; coming south and going north, endlesly drifting. A single phrase penetrates, and the myriad activities cease; above, below, and in the four directions, none can match it. The man from the Western Heavens did not understand the Tang speech; sitting alone at Shaolin, foolishly facing the wall, bringing trouble upon his descendants so they are not manly fellows, and called by people a pickpocket." He then called to the assembly, saying: "Yunmen's twenty-seven is well worth examining; Master Bao was no idle monk."