虛堂和尚語錄 1.84

1.84

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Because Dongshan arrived, Yunmen asked, 'Where did you leave recently?' Shan said, 'Chadu.' Men said, 'Where did you spend the summer?' Shan said, 'Baoci in Hunan.' Men said, 'When did you leave there?' Shan said, 'August twenty-fifth.' Men said, 'I spare you thirty blows of the stick.' The next day Dongshan asked, 'Yesterday I was spared thirty blows by the upādhyāya, but I do not know where my fault was?' Men said, 'You rice bag! Wandering off to Jiangxi and Hunan like this?' Dongshan had an awakening upon these words." The Master said: "When views perish and attachments cease, only then is one a genuine patch-robed monk. How can Dongshan's fault compare to Yunmen's fault?"