虛堂和尚語錄 6.120

6.120

舉：「西堂藏和尚，一日普請次云：『因果歷然，爭奈何。』時有僧出，以手托地。堂云：『作甚麼？』僧云：『相救相救。』堂云：『大眾者箇師僧，猶較些子。』僧拂袖便走，堂云：『師子身中蟲，自食師子肉。』」

He cited: "Upādhyāya Xitang Zang one day during general labor said, 'Cause and effect are clearly evident; what can be done about it?' At that time a monk came forward and pressed his hands against the ground. Xitang said, 'What are you doing?' The monk said, 'Save me, save me!' Xitang said, 'Great assembly, this monk still amounts to a little bit.' The monk flicked his sleeves and ran away. Xitang said, 'Worms within the lion's body eat the lion's own flesh.'"