虛堂和尚語錄 8.42

8.42

師乃云：「阿逸多行道之日，他方化佛悉來聚會。虛堂薄緣，道不及古，自吹自拍，隨分過時，所過從者，皆非良輔，刳文殊目，折普賢脛，碎維摩座，焚迦葉衣，如是流輩，難以親近。何也？只知克己從人，不覺唇寒齒冷。」

The master then said: "On the day Ajita practiced the Way, transformation Buddhas of other realms all came to assemble. Xutang has meager conditions and a Way inferior to the ancients; blowing my own pipe and clapping my own beat, I pass the time according to my lot. Those with whom I associate are none of them good assistants: gouging out Mañjuśrī's eyes, breaking Samantabhadra's shins, smashing Vimalakīrti's seat, burning Kāśyapa's robe—such a crowd is hard to get close to. Why? They only know to subdue themselves and yield to others, unaware that when the lips are gone, the teeth turn cold."