密菴和尚語錄 1.18

1.18

上堂，舉：「昔日有婆子，供養一菴主，經二十年，常令一女子送飯給侍。一日，令女子抱定云：『正與麼時如何？』主云：『枯木倚寒巖，三冬無暖氣。』女子歸，舉似婆。婆云：『我二十年只供養得個俗漢。』遂發起燒却菴。」師云：「遮箇公案，叢林中少有拈提者，傑上座裂破面皮，不免納敗一上也要諸方檢點。」乃召大眾云：「遮婆子，洞房深穩水泄不通，偏向枯木上糝花，寒巖中發焰。個僧孤身逈逈，慣入洪波，等閑坐斷潑天潮，到底身無涓滴水。子細檢點將來，敲枷打鎖則不無。二人若是，佛法未夢見在。烏巨與麼提持，畢竟意歸何處？」良久云：「一把綠絲收不得，和煙搭在玉欄干。」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "In former days there was an old woman who supported a hermit for twenty years, constantly sending a young woman to deliver food and attend upon him. One day, she had the young woman hold him tight and ask, 'Right at such a moment, how is it?' The hermit replied, 'A withered tree leans against a cold cliff; in the three winter months there is no warmth.' The young woman returned and recounted this to the old woman. The old woman said, 'For twenty years I have only supported a vulgar fellow!' She then drove him out and burned down the hermitage."
The master said, "This gong'an is rarely brought up in the monasteries. Senior monk Jie tears open his face and inevitably admits defeat, yet he also wants everyone everywhere to examine it." He then called to the assembly and said, "This old woman's inner chamber is deeply secure, watertight and impenetrable; yet she specifically sprinkles flowers on a withered tree and sparks flames on a cold cliff. This monk stands isolated and lofty, accustomed to entering surging billows, casually sitting to cut off heaven-flooding tides, yet in the end his body has not a drop of water. When carefully examined, there is certainly no lack of cangues being struck and locks being broken. If these two are right, they have not even dreamed of the Buddhadharma yet. When Wuju brings it up like this, after all, where does the meaning return?" After a long pause, he said, "A handful of green silk cannot be gathered up; together with the mist, it rests on the jade balustrade."