虛堂和尚語錄 1.111

1.111

復舉：「良遂座主參麻谷，谷見來，携鉏去鉏草。次日又來，谷便閉却門，遂因此契悟。乃云：『和尚莫謾良遂好。若不來見和尚，幾被十二分教誤却一生。』遂將房計賣却，作一罷講齋，示眾云：『良遂知處，諸人不知；諸人知處，良遂總知。』」師云：「禮非玉帛而不表，樂非鐘鼓而不傳。是則是，量才補職，就中些子誵訛，只是無人檢點得出。」

He also cited: "Lecturer Liangsui visited Magu. When Magu saw him coming, he carried a hoe to hoe weeds. The next day Liangsui came again; Magu simply shut the door. Liangsui was awakened because of this, and said, 'It is good that the upādhyāya did not deceive Liangsui. If I had not come to see the upādhyāya, I would almost have been led astray all my life by the twelvefold canon!' Thereupon Liangsui sold his living quarters and held a vegetarian banquet to cease lecturing, instructing the assembly: 'What Liangsui knows, you all do not know; what you all know, Liangsui knows completely.'" The Master said: "Rites are not displayed without jade and silk; music is not transmitted without bells and drums. That may be so, assigning duties according to ability—there is a slight discrepancy in this; it is just that nobody can scrutinize and detect it."