佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 5.46

5.46

Can you settle it? If you can settle it, Yunmen's nostrils are in your hands; if you cannot settle it, your nostrils are in Yunmen's hands. Yunmen had phrases that cut through nails and sheared through iron; in this single phrase are contained three phrases. Some, when asked, immediately say: "The rice in the bowl—every grain is round; the water in the bucket—every drop is distinct." If you understand it like this, you have not yet seen Yunmen's genuine way of helping people. The verse says: