虛堂和尚語錄 8.92

8.92

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Yunmen asked a monk: 'Where do you come from?' The monk said: 'Xichan.' Yunmen said: 'What sayings has Xichan had lately?' The monk opened both hands. Yunmen struck him with a slap. The monk said: 'I still have words.' Yunmen opened both hands; the monk had nothing to say, and Yunmen immediately struck him." The Master took it up and said: "The dynamic function of lightning and flint spark Yunmen certainly possessed, but what can be done when his life fell into this monk's hands?"