景德傳燈錄 27.53

27.53

A postulant accompanied a Dharma master into the Buddha hall. The postulant spat toward the Buddha. The Dharma master said, "You have so little decorum, postulant—why do you spit at the Buddha?" The postulant said, "Bring me a place where there is no Buddha, and I will spit there." The master had no reply. (Guishan said, "The humane one turns out not to be humane; the inhumane one turns out to be humane." Yangshan substituted for the Dharma master, saying: "Just spit at the postulant." He also said, "If the postulant says anything, then say to him: 'Bring me a place where there is no postulant!'")