虛堂和尚語錄 2.98

2.98

Ascending the hall on the Buddha's birthday, a monk asked: "'Iron wall, iron wall, named Buddha, constantly standing in the sea of suffering.' Just so, is the one born today it, or is the one standing in the sea of suffering it?" The master said: "Neither is it." The monk said: "'In the heavens and below the heavens, I alone am the honored one'—what about that?" The master said: "Shed the halter and take off the corner-pack." The monk said: "If so, then the three-foot and the sixteen-foot walk back hand in hand together." The master said: "Tell me, how many hairs does he have covering his gallbladder?" The monk shouted. The master also shouted.