撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 2.34

2.34

若是言語中異類，則是往來言語盡是類，所以南泉道：「智不到處，切忌道著，道著則頭角生。喚作如如，早是變也。」直須向異類中行，如今須向異中道取異中事，夫語中無語，始得若是。南泉病時有人問：「和尚百年後向甚麼處去？」泉曰：「我向山下檀越家，作一頭水牯牛去。」云：「某甲擬隨和尚去，還得麼？」泉曰：「若隨我，含一莖草來（這個是沙門轉身語，所以道，汝擬近，含一莖草來親近渠，是呼為無漏，始堪供養渠）。」

If it were a different kind in words, then back-and-forth words would all be of a kind. Therefore Nanquan said: 'Where wisdom does not reach, be strictly mindful not to speak of it; if you speak of it, horns will grow on your head. Calling it thusness has already altered it.' One must go directly and practice among different kinds; now, one must speak of matters within difference toward difference. Having no words within words—only then is it like this. When Nanquan was ill, someone asked: 'Where will the Venerable go after a hundred years?' Nanquan said: 'I will go to a patron's house at the foot of the mountain to become a water buffalo.' [The monk] said: 'If I plan to follow the Venerable, can I?' Nanquan said: 'If you follow me, bring a stalk of grass in your mouth.' (This is a word of the śramaṇa turning the body. Therefore it is said: if you plan to approach, bring a stalk of grass in your mouth to draw close to him; this is called taintless, and only then is it worthy of offering to him.)