明覺禪師語錄 4.66

4.66

During a general request, he asked a monk: "Where do you come from?" The monk said: "From picking tea." The master said: "In the tea garden there is what Xuansha saw; do you still see it?" On [his] behalf, he merely pointed to the bare pillar and said: "The upādhyāya asks." He also asked a monk: "Where do you come from?" The monk said: "From picking tea." The master said: "I do not ask you about people picking tea or tea picking people; how heavy is a bottomless basket?" On [his] behalf he said: "Used to getting its advantage." He also asked another monk: "Where do you come from?" The monk said: "From picking tea." He said: "The rows of tea bushes are your nostrils, and the tea leaves are your eyes; how do you pick?" On [his] behalf he said: "Today is not the right occasion."