虛堂和尚語錄 8.15

8.15

師乃云：「此日天中之節，好事不得不說。缺齒道士，噀水書符，斷臂仙人，指空揑訣，赤眼麻豆，一時殄滅，唯有虛堂，七凹八凸。」

The master then said: "This day is the festival of the Heavens' Center; good matters cannot go unsaid. A toothless Daoist spurts water and writes talismans; an arm-severed immortal points to emptiness and pinches mudrās; red eyes and smallpox are eradicated at once; only Xutang has seven indentations and eight bumps."