虛堂和尚語錄 1.86

1.86

Thanking Upādhyāya Yunhe of Nanshan and the karmadāna, he ascended the hall: "When people of the Way meet each other, like clouds rising into the sky, like waters rushing to a gorge, criticizing Old Zhang's lacking a beard on his chin, scolding the various quarters for pounding damp grain to eat. Suddenly a fellow comes out and says, 'Lower your voice, lower your voice! The new karmadāna's orders are strict; do not speak of people's merits and demerits.' This mountain monk could only desist. Why? Where Yu's power did not reach, the sound of the River flows westward."