景德傳燈錄 10.22

10.22

Another monk asked, "An earthworm is cut into two pieces and both ends move; I wonder, at which end is the Buddha-nature?"
The Master said, "Why make delusive thoughts?"
The monk said, "What about the movement?"
The Master said, "Do you not know that fire and wind have not yet dispersed?"
A monk asked, "How can one turn the mountains, rivers, and the earth back to oneself?"
The Master said, "How can one turn oneself into the mountains, rivers, and the earth?"
The monk said, "I do not understand."
The Master said, "Below the city of Hunan it is good to nourish the people; rice is cheap, firewood is plentiful, and the four neighbors have enough."
The monk had nothing to say. The Master gave a verse: