圓悟佛果禪師語錄 15.23

15.23

唐朝古德英禪師，微時事田，運槌擊塊。見一大塊，戲以槌猛擊之，應時粉碎，驀地大悟，自此散誕為不測人，頗彰神異。有老宿拈云：「山河大地，被這僧一擊百雜碎。」獻佛不假香多，誠哉是言。

During the Tang dynasty, the ancient worthy Chan Master Ying, when in his humble beginnings, worked in the fields striking clods of earth with a mallet. Seeing a large clod, he playfully struck it hard with the mallet; on the spot it shattered to powder, and suddenly he had a great awakening. From then on, he was unconstrained and unpredictable, manifesting quite a few spiritual wonders. An elder critiqued this, saying, 'The mountains, rivers, and the great earth were smashed to a hundred pieces by this monk's single strike.' Offering to the Buddha does not depend on an abundance of incense—truly, these words are accurate.