景德傳燈錄 12.77

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12.77

Upādhyāya Dajue of Lu Prefecture. A monk asked, "Before Niutou saw the Fourth Patriarch, why did birds and beasts hold flowers in their beaks [for him]?" The Master said, "There were such beasts." The monk asked, "Why did they not come holding flowers in their beaks after he saw him?" The Master said, "There were no such beasts."

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