佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.15

8.15

【七四】舉。金牛和尚每至齋時。自將飯桶。於僧堂前作舞。呵呵大笑云。菩薩子喫飯來（竿頭絲線從君弄。不犯清波意自殊。醍醐毒藥一時行。是則是七珍八寶一時羅列。爭奈相逢者少）雪竇云。雖然如此。金牛不是好心（是賊識賊。是精識精。來說是非者。便是是非人）僧問長慶。古人道。菩薩子喫飯來。意旨如何（不妨疑著。元來不知落處。長慶道什麼）慶云。大似因齋慶讚（相席打令。據欵結案）。

[Case 74] Case: Whenever it came to mealtime, Master Jinniu would personally bring the rice bucket, dance in front of the monks' hall, and with a great guffaw of laughter say, "Bodhisattva-children, come eat rice!" (The line and hook at the pole's tip: let you handle it as you will. Not stirring the clear waves, the meaning is distinct of itself. Ghee and poison administered at once. True enough, the seven treasures and eight jewels are all laid out at once; but alas, how few meet with it!) Xuedou said, "Although this is so, Jinniu did not have a good mind." (A thief recognizes a thief; an adept recognizes an adept. One who comes to speak of right and wrong is precisely the person of right and wrong.) A monk asked Changqing, "The ancient said, 'Bodhisattva-children, come eat rice!' What was the meaning?" (Well may you doubt it. All along he did not know where it landed. What did Changqing say?) Changqing said, "It is much like celebrating and praising on the occasion of a feast." (Matching the table, carrying out the order; settling the case based on the confession.)