虛堂和尚語錄 9.72

9.72

端午日，嘉禾報恩水谷遺書至，上堂：「午見五，謂之天中節，陽德既剛，元化以洽，盡大地無非是藥者，要且療不得無病之人。且道，那箇是無病之人？」卓主丈：「問取氷谷老子。」

On the Duanwu Festival, the posthumous letter from Master Shuigu of Bao'en in Jiahe arrived. Ascending the hall: "When noon meets the fifth day, it is called the Festival of the Heavenly Center. The yang power is robust and the primal transformation is harmonious. The entire great earth is nothing but medicine, yet it cannot cure a person who is not ill. Tell me, who is the person that is not ill?" He struck with his staff: "Ask old man Binggu!"