虛堂和尚語錄 9.25

9.25

He ascended the hall: "Morning bell and evening drum, morning gruel and noon feast—in each and every seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing, you cannot deceive him in the slightest. But when you ask him about Guizong cutting the snake or Dasui sheltering the turtle, he cannot go forward. Tell me, where is the obstacle? If there were a robe-and-bowl companion of the Way among the assembly, a genuine patch-robed monk, who came forward to reveal a message and make an offering to the great assembly, that would also be a fine occasion."