虛堂和尚語錄 2.88

2.88

When Upādhyāya Huazang arrived, ascending the hall, a monk asked: "'How does my hand resemble a Buddha's hand?'" The master said: "An old woman knits her brows and exposes her ugliness." The monk said: "'How does my foot resemble a donkey's foot?'" The master said: "It once trod upon Zhaozhou's footbridge." The monk said: "'Everyone has their cause of birth; what is the student's cause of birth?'" The master said: "Too lazy to pull up eggplant trees before others, he wants to go to Nanchuan to serve as the master of fundraising." The monk bowed.