虛堂和尚語錄 1.83

1.83

次日上堂：「行住坐臥四威儀中，常有一處險，只是諸人檢點不出。若檢點得出，許爾是箇天津橋上漢；若檢點不出，九十日內枉費精神。且道，那箇一處？」卓主丈：「險險。」

The next day, ascending the hall: "Among the four postures of walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, there is always one perilous place, yet you all fail to scrutinize and detect it. If you can detect it, I grant that you are a fellow on Tianjin Bridge. If you fail to detect it, within these ninety days you waste your energy in vain. And tell me, which is that one place?" Striking the staff, he said: "Perilous, perilous!"