虛堂和尚語錄 2.136

2.136

He then cited: "Dalong, because a monk asked: 'The physical body decays and disintegrates; what is the solid Dharma-body?' said: 'Mountain flowers bloom like brocade; valley streams are clear as indigo.'" The master said, "If this is the solid Dharma-body, it is also thoroughly miserable. If someone asks Yunhuang, I would just answer him: 'Grimy-faced fellow, for twenty years I have been a senior elder, and I have never yet exchanged words with anyone.'"