虛堂和尚語錄 9.5

9.5

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Guishan, while picking tea, said to Yangshan, 'All day picking tea, I only hear your voice, but do not see your form.' Yang shook the tea tree. Guishan said, 'You have only attained its function, not attained its essence.' Yang said, 'I wonder, how is it with the upādhyāya?' Guishan remained silent for a long time. Yang said, 'The upādhyāya has only attained its essence, not attained its function.' Guishan said, 'I spare you twenty blows of the stick.'" The master brought this up and said, "Guishan feared Yangshan would not be present, so he took care of him at all times; Yangshan, inheriting the father's business, how would he dare act recklessly? If it comes to essence and function interchanging and letting go of the staff, it is altogether the second moon."