虛堂和尚語錄 1.62

1.62

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Nanquan was asked by Zhaozhou, 'Where does a person who knows there is "this" go?' Quan said, 'He goes to the house of a donor before the mountain to be a water buffalo.' Zhou said, 'I thank the Master for answering my question.' Quan said, 'Last night at the third watch, the moon reached the window.'" The Master said, "Old Teacher Wang's parrying dagger was sharp indeed, but Zhaozhou used the strategy of reducing cooking stoves and almost broke through Caizhou."