虛堂和尚語錄 2.49

2.49

At the informal gathering for entering the summer retreat: "This matter is like the blue sky and bright sun, without the slightest thread of hindrance or obstruction. It is only that you people lack high wisdom-eyes and fall into demarcations; hence our Great Being of India was troubled to establish periods and limits, prescribing medicines according to diseases for faculties of medium and lower capacity. If one is of the superior stream, how would he accept such provisions from you? Moreover, this summer has precisely one hundred and twenty days: where will you people put your hands? If you have nowhere to put your hand, you disappoint the Great Being of India; if you find a place to put your hand, do not wait until the period is full, just speak and let us see. Why so? Because this old monk urgently wishes to arrange it under the bright window."