撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.61

1.61

僧問：「如何是師子？」師曰：「眾獸近不得。」僧云：「如何是師子兒？」師曰：「能吞父母者。」僧云：「既是眾獸近不得，為甚麼却被兒吞？」師曰：「豈不見道：子若哮吼，祖父俱盡。」僧云：「盡後如何？」師曰：「全身歸父。」僧云：「未審祖盡時父歸何所？」師曰：「所亦盡。」僧云：「前來為甚道全身歸父？」師曰：「譬如王子能成一國之事。」又曰：「闍黎此事不得孤滯，直須枯木上更擦些子花。」

A monk asked, "What is a lion?"
The Master said, "The multitude of beasts cannot approach it."
The monk said, "What is a lion cub?"
The Master said, "One capable of swallowing its parents."
The monk said, "Since the multitude of beasts cannot approach it, why then is it swallowed by its cub?"
The Master said, "Haven't you heard it said: 'If the cub roars, the ancestor and father are both wiped out'?"
The monk said, "After they are wiped out, what then?"
The Master said, "Its entire body returns to the father."
The monk said, "I wonder, when the ancestor is wiped out, where does the father return to?"
The Master said, "The place is also wiped out."
The monk said, "Why did you say earlier that its entire body returns to the father?"
The Master said, "It is like a prince who can accomplish the affairs of an entire realm." He also said, "Ācārya, in this matter you must not remain isolated and stuck; you must rub some blossoms onto the withered tree."