楊岐方會和尚後錄 1.42

1.42

The Master visited Vice-Director Sun when he happened to be deciding official matters. The Vice-Director said: “This subordinate official is entangled in royal affairs and has no way to be free of them.” The Master said: “This is the Vice-Director’s vow, vast and broad, to benefit sentient beings.” The Vice-Director said: “I wonder how that is?” The Master said: “Manifesting the body of an official, / Vastly extending deep vows of compassion: / Where you point it out again to people, / Blood pours down beneath the staff.” The Vice-Director had an awakening due to the verse. He then returned to the inner hall, and while seated, he asked: “This subordinate official observes a vegetarian fast and eats vegetables every day; does this accord with the sages or not?” The Master presented him with a verse: “Vice-Director Sun, Vice-Director Sun, / Does not defile his belly with wine and meat, / Completely disregarding servants, wife, and child. / Who made old man Śākya? / Vice-Director Sun, Vice-Director Sun.”