虛堂和尚語錄 9.78

9.78

師乃云：「清泉白石，偃月枕雲，竹屋茅堂，怡神適意，可謂頓忘身世，絕俗幽緇。無端禁足安居，佛法朝朝在己，剋期取證，功行時時上心，只知規矩襲人，安得入流忘所？衲僧家，作得主、把得定，不被人謾，且取功底句作麼生？」卓主丈：「一把香芻拈未暇，六環金錫響遙空。」

The Master then said, "Clear springs and white rocks, sleeping with the moon and pillowed on the clouds, bamboo huts and thatched halls, relaxing the spirit and suiting one's mind—this can be called suddenly forgetting body and world, a secluded monk severed from the mundane. For no reason, confining feet and observing retreat, the Buddhadharma is present every morning in oneself; setting a term to attain verification, religious practice is continually in mind. Knowing only how regulations constrain people, how can one enter the stream and forget the objective realm? A patch-robed monk who can take the lead and hold firm without being deceived by others—how about the phrase of taking achievement?" He struck with his staff: "A handful of fragrant grass, before one has leisure to pick it up, / The six-ringed golden staff resounds across the distant sky."