宏智禪師廣錄 4.101

4.101

上堂舉僧問趙州。如何是祖師西來意。州云。年盡不燒錢。師云。天童今日。不免為諸人劈折去也老老大大宗師。出語元無碑記。却云年盡不燒錢。討甚祖師西來意。磨洗絕瑕疵。咀嚼勿滋味。冷地看來伎倆無。趙州古佛較些子。作麼生是趙州較些子處。豈不見道。不習禪不論義。鋪箇破席日裏睡。想料上方兜率天。也無如此日炙背。忽有箇漢出來。我也恁麼睡得麼。但向它道。只恐未曾夢見。

Ascending the hall, [he] cited: A monk asked Zhaozhou, "What is the meaning of the ancestral teacher's coming from the West?" Zhou said, "At the end of the year, [we] do not burn paper money." The Master said: Tiantong cannot help but tear it open for you today: an aged and venerable great lineage master, his words from the beginning without commemorative stele, yet he says, "At the end of the year, [we] do not burn paper money"—what ancestral teacher's coming from the West are you looking for? Grinding and washing away every flaw; chewing without flavor. Seen from the cold ground, there is no trick: the ancient Buddha Zhaozhou was a bit [superior]. What is the place where Zhaozhou was a bit [superior]? Do you not see it said: Not practicing Chan, not discussing doctrines, / Spreading a torn mat, sleeping in the sun. / I suspect that even in Tuṣita Heaven above, / There is no sun warming the back like this. If someone suddenly came out and asked, "Can I sleep like that too?" I would just say to him, "I fear you have never even dreamed of it."