虛堂和尚語錄 1.169

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1.169

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: "Zhaozhou asked a monk, 'Have you ever been here before?' The monk said, 'I have.' Zhaozhou said, 'Go drink tea.' He also asked [another] monk, 'Have you ever been here before?' The monk said, 'I have not.' Zhaozhou said, 'Go drink tea.'"
The Master said: "In one case Zhaozhou hit the mark; in the other he missed the mark. When Wansong sees a monk, he neither offers tea nor asks a question. Why? Ever since the Dharma of the sages and worthies arrived, I have never taken life."

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