虛堂和尚語錄 2.5

2.5

拈帖：「尋常雲水家，或凝或流，初無固必，因甚得者箇入手，便從者裏住？試下一轉語看。」

Holding up the appointment letter: "Ordinarily, the people of clouds and water either congeal or flow, having no fixed attachments from the start. Why is it that when this comes into one's hands, one immediately resides right here? Try giving a turning word!"