萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.42

2.42

Case: Whenever Luzu saw a monk coming, he would face the wall. (They have already met!) Nanquan heard of this and said: 'I usually tell people to undertake it before the empty kalpa (Confessing without interrogation), to understand it when no buddha has appeared in the world (Has the Venerable understood or not?), yet I cannot find even one or half a one. (Only because the tether leaks!) If he goes on like that, it will take until the Year of the Donkey!' (Those in a hurry do not understand.)