虛堂和尚語錄 8.96

8.96

壽崇節上堂：「至人垂化，示有形儀，開滿月之奇姿，蘊山天之瑞相。會麼？」卓主丈：「只知池上蟠桃熟，不覺壺中日月長。」

Ascending the hall on the Shouchong Festival: "The ultimate person manifests transformation, displaying form and demeanor, displaying the wondrous countenance of the full moon and harboring the auspicious marks of mountains and heavens. Do you understand?" He struck with his staff: "'One only knows the coiled peaches by the pond are ripe, unaware that days and months within the pot are long.'"