明覺禪師語錄 3.23

3.23

He brought up: "Dongshan came to Yunmen. Men asked, 'Where have you recently come from?' Shan said, 'Chadu.' Men said, 'Where did you spend the summer?' Shan said, 'Baoci in Hunan.' Men said, 'When did you leave?' Shan said, 'Eighth month of last year.' Men said, 'I let you off three thrashings of the stick.' The next day Dongshan went up to pay his respects: 'Yesterday I received the Upādhyāya letting me off three thrashings of the stick; I do not know where my fault lay.' Men said, 'Rice bag! Traversing Jiangxi and Hunan like that!' At this Dongshan was greatly awakened." The Master said, "Yunmen's bearing was like a king's: when pressed, he melted like ice and shattered like tiles. At that time, had he acted according to the order, his descendants would not yet have come to an end."