When the few monks heard it, they immediately understood and quickly put down their sticks.
Zhang Ye chuckled once again, “Look, the gates to Heaven has also opened.”
The monks looked at each other. So this was what it meant with Heaven and Hell being in the heart!
The abbot asked, “Then what does it mean that Heaven and Hell is everywhere?”
Zhang Ye answered him with his world’s gatha, “To see a world in a grain of sand. And a heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palm of your hand. And eternity in an hour.”
About ten monks were stunned hearing this.
Yao Jiancai slapped his thigh and applauded, “What finesse! Too much finesse!”