景德傳燈錄 12.50

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江西廬山雙谿田道者。問如何是啐啄之機。師以手作啄勢。問如何是西來意。師曰。什麼處得箇問頭來。

Practitioner Tian of Shuangxi on Mount Lu in Jiangxi. A monk asked, "What is the dynamic of tapping and pecking together?" The master made a pecking gesture with his hand. The monk asked, "What was the intention of coming from the West?" The master said, "From where did you get such a question?"