宏智禪師廣錄 2.36

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2.36

Pointer: Magu, holding his staff, arrived at Zhangjing. He circled the meditation seat three times, shook his staff once, and stood tall and erect. Zhangjing said, "Yes, yes." Magu then went to Nanquan, circled the meditation seat three times, shook his staff once, and stood tall and erect. Nanquan said, "No, no." Magu said, "Zhangjing said yes; why does the Venerable say no?" Nanquan said, "Zhangjing was yes, but it is you who are no. This is turned by the power of the wind; in the end it comes to ruin." The verse says:

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