虛堂和尚語錄 9.29

9.29

Ascending the hall to express gratitude to the monastery officers, he cited: "Dizang said, 'In all quarters they talk of Chan in a great hubbub; how can that compare to my plowing fields here to exchange for food?'" The master brought it up and said: "Everyone says Dizang sits one and walks seven, but little do they know that putting on hemp sandals backwards looks like leaving while arriving. Jingshan has exhausted astronomy and investigated geography, yet in the end does not know: what after all is this?" Striking the staff, [he said]: "To kill two birds with one stone."