虛堂和尚語錄 9.36

9.36

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Baofu, because a monk was standing in attendance, said: 'How could your mind be so coarse?' The monk said: 'Where is my mind coarse?' Baofu handed him a clod of earth and said: 'Toss it outside.' After tossing it out, the monk asked again. Baofu said: 'I saw you bumping and stumbling about, which is why I said your mind was coarse.'" The master took this up and said: "The first part grants that you personally saw Xuefeng; the latter part does not dare grant it to you. Why?" Striking the whisk, he said: "Gold is tested with stone; humans are tested with words."