大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.48

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Master Zhenjing would sometimes abruptly call his attendant: "Bring the old master!" The attendant would unroll the portrait of Master Nan. Jing would raise his hand to his forehead and say, "Were it not for this old master, how could I have come to this?" He would knit his brows for a good while, then instruct him to put it away; it was always like this. Whenever Master Qian'an Yuan saw the portrait of Master Nan, tears would fall. Whenever the Master [Dahui] received seasonal fresh foods each year, he would always offer them first to the Buddha and to Yuanwu before daring to taste them, saying to those around him, "Were it not for the Buddha and the old master, how could I have attained this?"