虛堂和尚語錄 3.43

3.43

He further cited: "While Chan Master Yongming Shou was participating in general labor in the assembly of National Teacher Tiantai Shao, he heard the sound of falling firewood and was thoroughly awakened. He then said: / 'Tumbling down, it is no other thing; / Crisscrossing, it is not dust. / Mountains, rivers, and the great earth / Wholly reveal the body of the Dharma King.'" The Master said: "Master Shou is much like an impoverished scholar entering the Hall of Assembled Jades: there was nothing that did not satisfy his heart and fulfill his intent. It is just that in the middle there is one word that is not yet settled."