虛堂和尚語錄 8.18

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8.18

Ascending the hall for concluding the summer retreat, he took up his staff and said: "The practices and vows cultivated, the Dharma gates realized—each and every one is complete. Why is it that ever since entering the summer retreat, you have not known there are worms in the rice? If you can deliver a turning phrase, I will permit you to break up the harmonious saṃgha and shed the Buddha's blood; if not..." He struck his staff: "Only knowing that amidst the pounding blocks and pestles, / there is this person whose heart is broken."

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虛堂和尚語錄 — Classical Chinese