景德傳燈錄 22.15

22.15

Chan Master Shigui of Bailu in Fuzhou. On the day he opened the hall, a monk asked, "A single stream from the Western Gorge is no different from Matou; how do the thousand peaks of Bailu compare to Jizu?" The Master said, "Let the great assembly test and examine it at once." The monk asked, "What is the house style of Bailu?" The Master said, "What did I say to you?" The monk said, "If so, then the student understands the time." The Master said, "What realm should a person who understands the time reach?" The monk said, "One must not chatter on further." The Master said, "Letting you off won't do." The monk asked, "Before Niutou had seen the Fourth Patriarch, hundreds of birds held flowers in their beaks as offerings; why did they not come after he saw him?" The Master said, "Before the dawn light separates, everyone looks toward it; when the sky grows light, it is just as usual."