萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.112

1.112

Case: Yaoshan had not ascended the seat for a long time. (Movement is not as good as stillness.)
The monastery director announced, "The great assembly has long yearned for instruction and guidance. Please, Venerable, preach the Dharma for the assembly." (Attaching weight to what is heavy, not to what is light.)
Yaoshan ordered the bell to be struck; when the assembly had gathered, (Heads gathered, forming appearances; that matter is far and away.)
Yaoshan ascended the seat, remained for a good while, then descended the seat and returned to the abbot's quarters. (A complete stoppage of talk.)
The director followed after him and asked, "Just now the Venerable consented to preach the Dharma for the assembly; why did you not offer a single word?" (If the great ocean knew satisfaction, the hundred rivers would flow backward.)
Yaoshan said, "For the sūtras there are sūtra masters; for the treatises there are treatise masters. How can you blame this old monk?" (Pity that it has a dragon's head and a snake's tail!)