佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.34

8.34

[78] Case: In antiquity there were sixteen bodhisattvas. (Gathering in flocks and herds—what use is it? This bunch of clumsy fellows!) When the monks bathed, they entered the bath according to routine, (Colliding with the exposed pillar. What are you doing in a lacquer tub?) and suddenly awakened to the cause of water. (Foul water poured straight over the head!) How do you Chan worthies understand it? They said, "The wondrous touch was manifested with clarity, (It has nothing to do with others anymore. How do you understand them? Falling down, it is no other thing!) and we attained the stage of sons of the Buddha." (Patch-robed monks throughout the world cannot fathom it here. What are you doing with two ends and three faces?) One must also be pierced through seven times and eight times before one can attain it. (With each blow of the staff a welt. You had better not let down this mountain monk. Bumping into it and striking against it—did you ever see Deshan and Linji?)