虛堂和尚語錄 6.20

6.20

舉：「布袋和尚，常將布袋并破蓆於通衢往來，布袋內盛鉢盂木履、魚飯菜肉、瓦石土木，諸般總有。或於稠人處，打開布袋內物，撒下云：『看看。』又一一將起，問人云：『者箇喚作甚麼？』眾無對。」

[He] brought up: "Upādhyāya Budai would often go back and forth along the thoroughfares carrying a cloth bag and a torn mat. Inside the cloth bag were stored alms-bowls, wooden clogs, fish, rice, vegetables, meat, tiles, stones, earth, and wood—he had every kind of thing. At times, in crowded places, he would open the bag, scatter the contents, and say, 'Look, look!' He would also pick them up one by one and ask people, 'What is this called?' The crowd had no reply."