宏智禪師廣錄 4.262
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4.262
Instructing the assembly, he brought up: Yunju asked Zhaozhou: "Being so very old, why do you not look for a place to abide?"
Zhaozhou said: "Where do you tell this person to abide?"
Yunju said: "In front of the mountain there is the foundation of an ancient temple."
Zhaozhou said: "Why does the Venerable monk not abide there himself?"
The Master said: "You abide like this, and I abide like this; our karma is similar, so poverty gathers together. The ten directions have no walls, and the four sides have no gates; without clothing to cover ugliness, without wadding to ward off the cold. Right under it, one does not dwell in achievement; examine the turning point within it. Gathering flowers, bees swarm on the non-sprouting branch; lying in the moonlight, birds roost in the shadowless tree."
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