如淨和尚語錄 1.35

1.35

Ascending the hall on the first day of the second month: "Assembly, the fellow with no face and eyes has his face and eyes fully complete: the sun bakes the willow eyes, smoke smears the apricot blossom cheeks. If it were not so, the yellow oriole would never finish singing, specially coming down from the branch." Ascending the hall for Parinirvāṇa: "Gautama did a somersault at midnight: the ten thousand forms sank flat away, and the great earth was empty. This won Pāpīyas clapping his hands in laughter, while the lanterns and exposed pillars secretly beat their chests. Had Qingliang seen it at that time, he too would have clapped his hands and laughed aloud. Why? If reason holds, one complies. Having arrived at today, how is it? Boundless mountain flowers and flowing water; how many crying birds share the spring breeze!"