虛堂和尚語錄 2.68

2.68

Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "Yangshan said to Xiangyan, 'I grant that elder brother understands the Tathāgata Chan, but you have not yet dreamed of the Patriarch Chan.' What is the meaning of this?" The master said: "A snake enters a bamboo tube." The monk said: "Yangshan suffered an injustice for nothing." The master said: "Together with you, neither can slip away." The monk said: "What is the Tathāgata Chan?" The master said: "An iron wall, an iron wall." The monk said: "What is the Patriarch Chan?" The master said: "In the lands of Chu the clouds are cold; on the mountains of Yue the wind is warm." The monk said: "What is the Upādhyāya's Chan?" The master said: "Are you insane or are you crazy?" The monk said: "From now on, this student will ask no questions." The master said: "You must still be tested."