大慧普覺禪師語錄 10.199

10.199

二十四祖尊者因罽賓國王秉劍於前曰：「師得蘊空否？」曰：「已得。」曰：「既得蘊空，離生死否？」曰：「已離。」曰：「既離生死，可施我頭否？」曰：「身非我有，豈況於頭？」王便斬之，白乳湧高數尺，王臂自墮。頌云：

The Twenty-Fourth Patriarch, the Venerable [Siṃha], because the king of Kashmir held a sword before him and asked, 'Has the Master attained the emptiness of the aggregates?' said, 'I have.' The king said, 'Having attained the emptiness of the aggregates, have you transcended birth and death?' He said, 'I have transcended them.' The king said, 'Having transcended birth and death, can you give me your head?' He said, 'The body is not my possession; how much less the head?' The king then cut it off; white milk gushed several feet high, and the king's arm fell off of itself. A verse says: