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宏智禪師廣錄 4.186

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Ascending the hall, [the Master] brought up: Shitou asked Changzi: "Where do you come from?" Changzi said: "From the ridges." Shitou said: "Has that merit on the crest of Mount Dayu been accomplished yet?" Changzi said: "It has long been accomplished; it only lacks dotting the eyes." Shitou said: "Would you like the eyes dotted?" Changzi said: "Please do." Shitou let down one foot; Changzi then bowed. Shitou said: "What did you see that you bowed?" Changzi said: "It was like a flake of snow on a red-hot furnace."
The Master said: "The eyes of merit atop the ridge; the weary foot casually hung down. A flake of snow on a red-hot furnace; right then and there, vast and devoid of reliance."

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