大慧普覺禪師語錄 1.41

1.41

Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "'When feelings arise, wisdom is blocked; when thoughts change, the substance differs.' When feelings have not yet arisen, where does the block come from?" The Master said, "Turns out you are just a rice bag." The monk advanced and said, "I do not understand what the meaning is." The Master said, "Blocked." He then took up his staff and brought up: "Sansheng said: 'Whenever I meet someone, I go out, but when I go out, it is not for people's sake.'" Striking once, [the Master] said, "The thief's body is already exposed; he cannot be let off. Xinghua heard this and said: 'Whenever I meet someone, I do not go out, but when I go out, it is for people's sake.'" Striking again, [the Master] said, "Having already exposed the thief's body, he cannot be let off. Generally, when ancestral teachers settle right and wrong, they must open people's eyes; they must not just blindly apply flails and blind sticks. Tell me, what fault do these two old fellows have?" Throwing [the staff] down, he said, "Dragons and snakes are easy to distinguish, but patch-robed monks are difficult to deceive."