虛堂和尚語錄 1.172
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1.172
Ascending the hall for the Buddha's Parinirvāṇa: "Present today, gone tomorrow—the old fellow Śākya sold cleverness his whole life, but at the brink of death he admitted his own failure, causing the descendants of later generations all to take shrimp for eyes. As for the crow upon the roof of Master Wansong, I will save it for you to see." He picked up the staff and blew on it once.
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