虛堂和尚語錄 9.120

9.120

師乃云：「財法二施，等無差別，因甚北路山高，南路山低？會得一句子，如沾甘露毛骨頓清；投得一箸子，如飲醍醐，群心飽德。徑山傍若無人，二俱不受。何故？」卓主丈：「寒犢晚歸桑柘塢，短籬無主自開花。」

The Master then said: "The two kinds of giving—material wealth and Dharma—are equally without difference. Why then are the mountains on the northern path high, while the mountains on the southern path are low? If you understand one phrase, it is like being moistened with sweet dew, hair and bones instantly refreshed; if you advance one pair of chopsticks, it is like drinking clarified butter, all minds filled with virtue. Mount Jing behaves as if no one is around, accepting neither. Why?" He struck with the staff: "A cold calf returns late to the mulberry embankment; the ownerless short fence blossoms on its own."