虛堂和尚語錄 1.111

1.111

He also cited: "Lecturer Liangsui visited Magu. When Magu saw him coming, he carried a hoe to hoe weeds. The next day Liangsui came again; Magu simply shut the door. Liangsui was awakened because of this, and said, 'It is good that the upādhyāya did not deceive Liangsui. If I had not come to see the upādhyāya, I would almost have been led astray all my life by the twelvefold canon!' Thereupon Liangsui sold his living quarters and held a vegetarian banquet to cease lecturing, instructing the assembly: 'What Liangsui knows, you all do not know; what you all know, Liangsui knows completely.'" The Master said: "Rites are not displayed without jade and silk; music is not transmitted without bells and drums. That may be so, assigning duties according to ability—there is a slight discrepancy in this; it is just that nobody can scrutinize and detect it."