宏智禪師廣錄 4.204

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開爐上堂僧問。丹霞燒木佛意旨如何。師云。天寒宜向火。擁毳任堆堆。僧云。夜冷更深更爇一軀去也。師云。也須照管眉毛始得。僧云。通身紅爛去。方始是知音。師云。為它閑事長無明。僧云。只如院主。為甚麼眉鬚墮落。師云。也與上座病痛一般。僧云。不解作客。勞煩主人。師云。還它本色漢手段始得。師乃云。十月朔風雨肇寒天意作。叢席地爐今日開。免燒木佛無斟酌。大眾丹霞無斟酌。何似院主無斟酌。師復云。本合便恁麼休却。天童忍俊不禁。為爾諸人下箇注脚。丹霞將錯就錯。院主眉鬚墮落。如聾如盲大家翁。攪擾殺爾不要惡。

Ascending the hall upon lighting the stove, a monk asked: "What was the meaning of Danxia burning the wooden Buddha?" The Master said: "When the weather is cold, one should face the fire; bundle up in quilted robes and let things pile up as they will." The monk said: "The night is cold and the watch is deep; he burned yet another statue." The Master said: "You must take care of your eyebrows before you can get anywhere." The monk said: "Only when the entire body is red and blistered does one first become an intimate friend." The Master said: "For another's idle business, you cultivate avidyā." The monk said: "Just as for the monastery director, why did his eyebrows and beard fall out?" The Master said: "He shares the very same affliction as the venerable elder." The monk said: "Not understanding how to be a guest, he troubles the host." The Master said: "Only a fellow of genuine character can handle that method." The Master then said: "In the tenth month, northern winds and rains herald the cold; the heavenly season stirs. Today the ground stove of the monastic community is lit; sparing the wooden Buddha from being burned without consideration. Great assembly! Danxia was without consideration; how is that like the monastery director being without consideration?" The Master continued: "Originally, one ought simply to let the matter rest like that, but Tiantong cannot contain himself and will add a footnote for you all: Danxia made the best of a bad job; the monastery director's eyebrows and beard fell out. The master of the house, like one deaf and blind—though he disturbs you to death, do not hold malice."