虛堂和尚語錄 1.83

1.83

The next day, ascending the hall: "Among the four postures of walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, there is always one perilous place, yet you all fail to scrutinize and detect it. If you can detect it, I grant that you are a fellow on Tianjin Bridge. If you fail to detect it, within these ninety days you waste your energy in vain. And tell me, which is that one place?" Striking the staff, he said: "Perilous, perilous!"