虛堂和尚語錄 3.29

3.29

The next day he ascended the hall: "The long period is one hundred and twenty days, and the short period is ninety days. In the summer months, insects and ants are numerous; the yellow-faced old fellow feared you would run east and west, killing and harming living beings, and so established rules to forbid it. Today the period is complete, yet under the gate of Mao Peak, not a single person has ever dared to easily set foot down. Why?" Striking his staff, he said: "For fear of stepping on [them] and committing a duṣkṛta offense."