虛堂和尚語錄 2.43

2.43

上堂：「每日蒲團上妄想，無爾插手處，以致奔南走北，如鴨吞螺螄。山僧今日不動聲氣，教爾諸人有箇入處。」良久拍手云：「一半入得，一半入不得。」

Ascending the hall: "Daily deluded thoughts upon the meditation cushion leave you nowhere to put your hand, leading you to rush south and run north, like ducks swallowing snails. Today, this mountain monk will not stir sound or breath to give you all an entrance."
After a long pause, he clapped his hands and said, "Half can enter; half cannot enter."