虛堂和尚語錄 8.66

8.66

Ascending the hall in gratitude to the new Upādhyāya Chengtian: "When Mount Tai collapses, one can rely on Juling; when the string's sound breaks, it can be rejoined with phoenix glue. Looking at these end-times, the authentic lineage was about to sink; without a bean bursting from cold ashes, how could Yunfeng's flesh stay warm? Thus Master-Ancestor Songyuan said: 'A broom stump ruined for many years: / Casually picked up, it settles the ancestral guidelines. / Such a standard is naturally distinct, / Unlike the reckless fellows of every quarter.' This was the old man's indignation. Today, before the assembly of humans and devas, I entrust it to Upādhyāya Shifan to broadly propagate the fragrant model by the walls of Gusu City, so that patch-robed monks of the world may know of the genuine continuation of Dongshan."