宏智禪師廣錄 2.149

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2.149

Yangshan asked Zhongyi: "What is the meaning of Buddha-nature?"
Zhongyi said: "I will speak an analogy for you. It is like a room with six windows, in which a monkey is placed. Someone outside calls: 'Monkey, monkey!' The monkey immediately responds. In this way, calling at all six windows, it responds to all."
Yangshan said: "Just when the monkey is asleep, what then?"
Zhongyi then stepped down from the meditation seat, seized him, and said: "Monkey, monkey, I see you!"
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