明覺禪師語錄 1.32

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師一日因事舉：「往日有老宿，一夏不為師僧說話，有僧自歎云：『我只恁麼空過一夏，不望和尚說佛法，得聞正因兩字也得。』老宿聊聞云：『闍黎莫𧬜速，若論正因，一字也無。』恁麼道了，扣齒云：『適來無端恁麼道。』隣壁有老宿聞云：『好一釜羹，被兩顆鼠糞污却。』」師拈云：「誰家鍋釜無一兩顆。」

One day, occasioned by an incident, the Master brought up: "Formerly, an elder did not speak for the monks during an entire summer retreat. A monk sighed to himself, saying: 'I have passed this whole summer retreat in vain like this; I did not expect the Upādhyāya to speak of the Buddhadharma, but it would have been enough just to hear the two words "correct cause".' The elder overheard and said: 'Ācārya, do not be rash; if one speaks of the correct cause, there is not even a single word.' Having spoken thus, he clicked his teeth and said: 'Just now, I spoke like that for no reason.' An elder on the other side of the wall heard this and said: 'A fine pot of soup, defiled by two pieces of rat dung.'" The Master commented: "Whose pot does not have one or two pieces?"