虛堂和尚語錄 2.15

2.15

At the informal gathering for entering the summer retreat, [the Master] struck with the staff: "There is no need for Sudhana to collect his thoughts or Maitreya to snap his fingers. I universally invite the four kinds of sages and six kinds of ordinary beings to enter this storehouse of great radiant light, mutually serving as host and companion, freely speaking of the diseases of Chan, causing the blind to see, the deaf to hear, the deluded to awaken, and the bound to be emancipated. Thereupon, during the ninety-day period, each verifies their fundamental Dharma. Afterwards, ascending to the Shuangchou Hall and entering the Xigeng room, they will weigh light and heavy on a steelyard without dots, to determine rewards for their labor. Do you understand?" He struck with the staff: "Lihwah-xi, tut tut tut!"