宏智禪師廣錄 4.25

4.25

Ascending the hall, the Master brought up [the following]: "The two Senior Monks Shen and Ming saw a fisherman's net from which a carp leaped out. Shen said, 'Elder Brother Ming, how handsome! Just like a patch-robed monk!' Ming said, 'Be that as it may, how could it compare to not having crashed into the net in the first place?' Shen said, 'You still lack awakening.'" The Master said: "Amidst the myriad phenomena, shedding the body naturally possesses the conditions for life; after the single color, turning oneself around must distinguish the path of life. Since it is so, he is truly a patch-robed monk! But tell me, what about the patch-robed monk's realm of conduct? / Wondrously grasping the wordless seal upon the thoroughfare, / the horse's hooves ultimately do not stain with dust or mud."