虛堂和尚語錄 3.124

3.124

Ascending the hall: "Everyone knows there is this single matter of birth and death; as for advancing, retreating, bowing, gesturing, and conversing in words, they are distinct and clear. Why is it that when exhausted, they do not know where they fall? Even if there are those who can perform Buddha-works in a dream, it is still like taking objects in the dark. Tell me, where does the illness lie? Today Jingshan does not spare his eyebrows to remove this hindrance generally for all of you, so that you may all reach the level, solid ground and enjoy inexhaustible use. Can you truly believe it?" Striking his staff, he said: "Carrying the jar oneself to buy village wine, / then putting on robes to act as the host."