虛堂和尚語錄 8.113

8.113

At the informal gathering for concluding the retreat, a monk asked, "Guishan asked Yangshan, 'You have not come up for the whole summer; what did you do down below?' Yang said, 'I hoed a patch of slash-and-burn field and sowed a basket of millet.' Guishan said, 'You have not passed the summer in vain.'" The master said, "Descending from the tall trees, entering the dark valley." The monk said, "Yangshan said, 'What did the upādhyāya do?' Guishan said, 'One meal during the day, one sleep after nightfall.' Yang said, 'The upādhyāya has also not passed the summer in vain.' What is the meaning of this?" The master said, "The father is not kind, the son is not filial." The monk said, "After Yangshan spoke, he stuck out his tongue. Guishan said, 'Why do you harm your own life?'" The master said, "At any rate, it is not one guilty of the five heinous deeds hearing thunder." The monk made prostrations. The master said, "The sword is gripped in the hand of a potter."