虛堂和尚語錄 2.57

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2.57

He then said, "For several days, the water buffalo has had no appetite for water and grass; this is because herding it has been of no effect. If you say that once it enters the weeds, you yank it out by the nostrils, this is not yet the method of herding an ox either. Well, how should it be herded?" Striking the meditation couch, he said, "Tsk, tsk, tsk! You brute!"

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