虛堂和尚語錄 2.61

2.61

At the informal gathering for concluding the summer retreat, a monk asked, "At the beginning of autumn and the end of summer, a patch-robed monk's bearing is like a king's. Leaving Shuanglin, how does he apply himself on the road?" The master said, "Treading it so soft as mud." The monk said, "Isn't this very thing his application on the road?" The master said, "Southern Dipper, Northern Dipper." The monk said, "Understood." The master pointed once with his whisk; the monk bowed.