佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.2

3.2

[Case 21] A monk asked Zhiman, "What about when the lotus flower has not yet emerged from the water?" (The hook is in a place free from doubt. Washing a clod of dirt in the mud. Where did this news come from?) Zhiman said, "A lotus flower." (One, two, three, four, five, six, seven. Causing the whole world to doubt to death.) The monk said, "What about after emerging from the water?" (Do not make a living in a ghost cave. Off he goes again like that.) Man said, "Lotus leaves." (Youzhou is still tolerable; most bitter is Jiangnan. Two-headed and three-faced. Laughing the whole world to death.)