虛堂和尚語錄 1.166

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1.166

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Zhaozhou visited Zhuyu. Entering the Dharma hall, he looked east and looked west. Zhuyu said, 'What are you doing?' Zhaozhou said, 'Probing the water.' Zhuyu said, 'Here I do not have a single drop; what are you probing?' Zhaozhou leaned his staff against the wall and walked out."
The master said, "Everyone says there is not a single drop, yet it stirred up waves reaching to heaven. Little do they know that Zhaozhou, in plain daylight, lost a staff."

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