虛堂和尚語錄 8.106

8.106

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Chan Master Cihui of Jiufeng, because Guishan instructed the assembly, saying, 'All of you only attain the great function, not the great substance'—Cihui pulled back and walked out. Guishan called after him, but he did not even turn his head. Guishan said, 'This fellow is fit to be a vessel of the Dharma.'" The master brought this up and said, "Jiufeng is easy to see, Guishan is hard to see. Were it Jingci, it would not be so; waiting for him not to turn his head when called, I would swiftly give him a thousand government paper notes. Why? To help him buy straw sandals for his itinerant pilgrimage."