Do you still think there is such a path? - Hsiu-ching and Tsung-shan

Hsiu-ching of Hua-yen104 said to the Master, "I am without a proper path.105 I still can't escape the vicissitudes of feelings and discriminating consciousness." "Do you still think there is such a path?" asked the Master. "No, I don't think there is any such path," answered Hua-yen. "Where did you get your feelings and discriminating consciousness?" asked the Master. "I am asking you that in all seriousness," said Hua-yen. "In that case, you should go to a place where there is not an inch of grass for ten thousand li," said the Master. "Is it all right go to a place where there is not an inch of grass for ten thousand li?" asked Hua-yen. "You should only go in such a way," replied the Master.

The Record of Tung-shan