宏智禪師廣錄 4.279

4.279

持鉢歸上堂。乞食浙西蘇與秀。人人奉佛家家富。收拾幾成三萬緡。尚自不能供眾口。所以道。喫飯須是眾口。作活須是眾力。今古相傳底消息。天童說箇休糧方。一日兩度鉢盂濕。雲門大師道。飯豈不是自己。因甚將自己却喫自己。有道。毛吞巨海。芥納須彌。料掉勿交涉。作麼生道得恰合去。拈却根塵方出礙。更無絲糝不相通。

Ascending the hall upon returning from carrying the bowl: "Begging for food in western Zhejiang, in Su and Xiu; everyone venerates the Buddha, and every family is wealthy. Having gathered nearly thirty thousand strings of cash, still it cannot feed the mouths of the assembly. Therefore it is said: eating rice requires the mouths of the assembly; doing work requires the strength of the assembly. This is news handed down from past to present. Tiantong offers a formula for abstaining from grain: twice a day, the alms bowl gets wet. Great Master Yunmen said, 'How could rice not be oneself? Why use oneself to go and eat oneself?' Some say, 'A single hair swallows the vast ocean; a mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru.' Recklessly tossing it about has no connection. How can you speak so that it hits the mark? Stripping away sense bases and dust, only then do you emerge without obstruction; not a single grain remains that does not interconnect."