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# 虛堂和尚語錄 9.79

虛堂和尚語錄 9.79

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.9.79)

復舉：「洞山示眾云：『初秋夏末兄弟家，東去西去，直須向萬里無寸草處去。』傳到瀏陽菴主，庵主云：『何不道出門便是草。』因此機感相投，道播寰中。徑山則不然，忽有僧出辭，只向他道：『秋暑尚炎，擬整包笠，何如此之速耶？』且道，與二大老，相去多少？」擊拂子：「醜婦顰眉。」

> He further brought up: "Dongshan instructed the assembly, saying, 'In early autumn and late summer, brothers, going east or going west, you must go directly to the place where there is not an inch of grass for ten thousand miles.' Word reached the master of Liuyang Hermitage, who said, 'Why not say that as soon as one steps out the door, there is already grass?' Because of this, their dynamics matched, and their Way spread throughout the realm. Jingshan is not like that. If a monk suddenly came forward to take leave, I would only say to him, 'The autumn heat is still scorching, and you intend to pack your bundle and hat—why so hasty?' Tell me, how much distance is there between me and the two elders?" He tapped with his whisk: "An ugly woman knitting her brows."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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