虛堂和尚語錄 2.145

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2.145

He then cited: "Yangshan called on Dongsi. As soon as he stepped over the threshold, Dongsi said: 'We have already met; no need to come up.' Yangshan said: 'Meeting like this—can it not be permitted?' Dongsi then returned to the abbot's quarters and shut the door. When Yangshan returned, he recounted this to Guishan. Guishan said: 'What was your intention in acting like that?' Yangshan said: 'If not for that, how could I have recognized him?'" The master said, "Dongsi's returning straight to the abbot's quarters is an exemplar for a thousand ages; Yangshan's recounting it to Guishan struck the straight by way of the crooked."

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