虛堂和尚語錄 9.90

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師乃云：「六爻未動，一氣潛回，不萠枝上擬抽條，無影樹頭先破蕚。壺中日暖，虛室生白，佛法掇在鼻尖頭，流水有誰彈古調。此是時節因緣。只如指呼凡聖，號令人天，獨步大方，為世眼目，還有遷變也無？」卓主丈：「夜半起來屈膝坐，毛頭星現衲僧前。」

The Master then said: "Before the six lines of the hexagram have moved, the one breath secretly returns. On the budless branch it intends to put forth a sprout; at the crown of the shadowless tree it first breaks open the calyx. Sun warmth inside the flask, the empty chamber generates white light. The Buddha-Dharma is lifted onto the tip of the nose; to the flowing water, who plays the ancient tune? These are circumstances of the season. As for directing the worldly and holy, commanding gods and humans, striding alone through the great realm, acting as eyes for the world—is there any change or not?" He struck with his staff: "Getting up at midnight to sit with bent knees, the hairy-headed comet appears before the patch-robed monk."