虛堂和尚語錄 6.159

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He cited: "Upādhyāya Changqing Leng asked a monk: 'Where do you come from?' The monk said: 'Gushan.' [Changqing] said: 'Gushan has the phrase: "Not striding across the stone gate." If someone were to ask you about it, what would you say?' [The monk] said: 'Last night I lodged at Baoci.' Changqing said: 'If I struck you across the back with a staff, what would you do then?' The monk said: 'If the upādhyāya exercises this staff, he does not in vain accept the offerings of gods and humans.' Changqing said: 'I almost let you off.'"

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