虛堂和尚語錄 6.193

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6.193

He cited: "Dongshan asked a monk: 'Where have you come from?' The monk said: 'I have returned from wandering the mountains.' Dongshan said: 'Did you reach the summit?' The monk said: 'I reached it.' Dongshan said: 'Was there anyone on the summit?' The monk said: 'There was no one.' Dongshan said: 'You did not reach the summit.' [The monk] said: 'If I did not reach it, how could I know there was no one?' Dongshan said: 'Ācārya, why do you not stay a while?' The monk said: 'As for me, I would not decline to stay, but someone in the Western Heaven would not permit it.'"

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