大慧普覺禪師語錄 1.15

1.15

Ascending the hall, he cited: "When Subhūti was sitting peacefully in a rock cave, the gods rained down flowers in praise. The Venerable said, 'Who is raining down flowers in the sky in praise?' [A voice] said, 'I am Brahmā.' The Venerable said, 'Why do you praise me?' The god said, 'I revere the Venerable's skillful expounding of prajñā.' The Venerable said, 'Regarding prajñā, I have not expounded a single word; why do you say I expound it skillfully?'" The Master gave a shout and said: "If he had delivered this shout at that time, not only would it have stopped the mouth of Brahmā, but two thousand years later he would also have avoided Jingshan's critique. The god said, 'The Venerable has nothing expounded, and I have nothing heard; no expounding and no hearing is the true expounding of prajñā.'" The Master again gave a shout and said: "If he had delivered this shout at that time, not only would it have stopped the mouth of Subhūti, but two thousand years later he would also have avoided Jingshan's critique. But tell me: does Jingshan still have any place that invites critique?" He said himself: "What place is there to invite critique? I shouldn't have been so talkative."