虛堂和尚語錄 9.36

9.36

上堂，舉：「保福因僧侍立次，福云：『爾得恁麼麁心。』僧云：『什麼處是某麁心？』福將一塊土度與云：『拋向外邊著。』其僧拋了再問，福云：『我見爾𡎺著磕著，所以道爾麁心。』」師拈云：「前面許爾親見雪峯，後面未敢相許。何故？」擊拂子：「金以石試，人以言試。」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Baofu, because a monk was standing in attendance, said: 'How could your mind be so coarse?' The monk said: 'Where is my mind coarse?' Baofu handed him a clod of earth and said: 'Toss it outside.' After tossing it out, the monk asked again. Baofu said: 'I saw you bumping and stumbling about, which is why I said your mind was coarse.'" The master took this up and said: "The first part grants that you personally saw Xuefeng; the latter part does not dare grant it to you. Why?" Striking the whisk, he said: "Gold is tested with stone; humans are tested with words."