宏智禪師廣錄 4.77

4.77

Ascending the hall, [the Master] cited: A monk asked Zhaozhou, "The ten thousand phenomena return to the one; where does the one return?" Zhou said, "When I was in Qingzhou, I made a cloth robe weighing seven pounds." Another monk asked Mañjuśrī, "The ten thousand phenomena return to the one; where does the one return?" Mañjuśrī said, "The Yellow River bends nine times." The Master said: The Yellow River bends nine times; a seven-pound cloth robe. The northern horse neighs toward the north; the southern bird nests in the south. When a patch-robed monk arrives precisely at the true and constant place, his words do not deceive people and his face feels no shame.