佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.43

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8.43

[Case 80] A monk asked Zhaozhou, "Does a newborn infant still possess the six consciousnesses or not?" (The dynamic of a lightning flash. Why talk about a newborn infant?)
Zhaozhou said, "Hitting a ball on swift water." (Gone past! Even a swift falcon cannot catch up. One must test it out.)
The monk also asked Touzi, "'Hitting a ball on swift water'—what is its meaning?" (An adept testing it together. Do you understand? Gone past!)
Touzi said, "Flowing uninterrupted thought after thought." (A fellow making entangling vines).

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