虛堂和尚語錄 8.39

8.39

On the Buddha's nirvāṇa, ascending the hall, a monk asked: "The Dharma-body is unconditioned and does not fall into numbers; why is there birth and cessation?" The master said: "Who does not know that?" The monk said: "'If one sees me by form,' it is like a speck of dust in the vast emptiness." The master said: "Let him leap about as he pleases." The monk said: "What fault did old Śākya have, that he did not reveal the slightest news?" The master said: "When the bright moon shines at night, many draw their swords." The monk said: "One only hears the wind passing through the bamboo, unaware that snow blankets the mountain." The master said: "Knowing a fault, one must correct it."