虛堂和尚語錄 2.17

2.17

The next day, he ascended the hall: "Each and every one of you crowns heaven and treads earth; why is it that as soon as you step on the shadow from two thousand years ago, you cannot make a single move? Is there anyone who does not step on this shadow?" Striking his staff, he said, "If there are, there are; it is just that they have not come today."