虛堂和尚語錄 8.9

8.9

Ascending the hall on the Buddha's Birthday, a monk asked: "Making the lion's roar under the aśoka tree—that certainly occurred. But pointing to heaven and pointing to earth—was that really genuine?" The Master said: "Do not trust what is straight within the straight; you must beware of unbenevolent people." The monk said: "I settle the case based on the confession; why does the Upādhyāya hear thunder for the five rebellious sins?" The Master said: "A thief must be caught by a thief." The monk said: "If so, then on the eighth day of the fourth month he was never born, and on the fifteenth day of the second month he never perished." The Master said: "Not yet the ultimate rule." The monk said: "Before the assembly of humans and devas, I faithfully accept and uphold it." The Master said: "Chopping off the head to seek life."