虛堂和尚語錄 3.20

3.20

The master then said: "The yellow-faced old fellow played clever at the end: before tens of thousands in the assembly on Gṛdhrakūṭa, he entrusted the Buddha Dharma to kings, great ministers, and powerful dānapatis. Up to now, for more than two thousand years, successive generations have never lacked worthy people, allowing us sons of the Śākya clan to circulate the life of wisdom and respectfully assist the customs of the state. If one says the Buddha Dharma was indeed entrusted, that is slandering the yellow-faced old fellow; if one says the Buddha Dharma was truly not entrusted, then today in Rājagṛha, wise rulers and worthy ministers venerate each other in turn, causing all living souls within the seas to gaze upon the light of glorious uprightness and the flourishing of pines and cypresses. Ultimately, what can be taken as proof?" Striking his staff, he said: "The eight-character stele on the summit of the Southern Peak."