大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.116

1.116

The Master said one day: "All my life I have liked scolding people. Reading the Recorded Sayings of Xuansha, I was greatly pleased by his examining Lingyun, saying, 'Sure, very sure, but I dare say you, elder brother, have not yet penetrated through.' This can be called standing like a cliff of ten thousand fathoms. Later, after speaking with Lingyun, he instead said, 'Only when you are like this are you penetrated through, but afterwards you shed excrement and urine like this.'" He then asked Yuanwu how it was. Yuanwu smiled and said, "Afterwards he was like that—I cannot understand it either." He then went down and returned to his dormitory, and only then did he know that Xuansha was playing major tricks; he then reported it to Yuanwu. Yuanwu smiled and said, "I am glad you know." Huitang said, "Nowadays in all quarters, most lack this medicine base." The Master said, "By all means do not let outsiders hear these crude words."