佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.7

4.7

[32] Case: Senior Monk Ding asked Linji, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" (How many people are bewildered upon reaching here? Still this remains. What are you playing the fool for?)
Linji came down from his meditation seat, seized him, gave him a slap, and then pushed him away. (Caught today! Deep grandmotherly heart. Patch-robed monks throughout the world cannot leap out.)
Ding stood still. (Already fallen into a demon's cave. He has missed it. Inevitably he loses his nostrils.)
A monk beside him said, "Senior Monk Ding, why do you not make prostrations?" (Someone observes from a cold spot. Ding relies entirely on his strength. When a person dies in the eastern house, those in the western house join in mourning.)
Ding was just making prostrations (Making up for clumsiness with diligence.)
when he suddenly had great awakening. (Like finding a lamp in the dark, like a pauper getting a treasure. Going along with the error to make it right. But tell me, what did Senior Monk Ding see that he made prostrations?)