大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.69

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湛堂和尚云：「禪和家，乍入眾時，初發心菩薩與佛齊肩，一年之外到佛腰邊，恰如箇琉璃瓶子相似，元初空裸裸地，淨潔潔地，却著了半瓶不淨潔底水，搖得來在裏面，丁丁當當只管響。忽然著本色人，向他道：『爾這瓶子本自淨潔，却被這些惡水在裏面，又不滿秖管響。要得不響，須是依前傾出颺却蕩洗了，却滿著一瓶好水便不響。因甚不響？蓋謂滿了。』」

The Reverend Zhantang said: 'As for Chan practitioners, when they first join an assembly, as bodhisattvas of initial resolve, they stand shoulder to shoulder with the Buddha. After a year, they reach the Buddha's waist. They are just like a lapis lazuli vase: originally empty and stark, pure and spotless, yet filled with half a bottle of impure water. As it is shaken around inside, it clinks and clanks, constantly making noise. Suddenly they meet someone of genuine caliber who says to them: "This vase of yours was originally pure and spotless, yet it contains this foul water; moreover, not being full, it just keeps rattling. If you want it not to rattle, you must pour it out, cast it away, and wash it clean as before, and then fill it to the brim with good water—then it will not rattle." Why does it not rattle? Because it is full.'