萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.36

3.36

Case: Linji instructed the assembly, saying: 'There is a true person without status (The foundation has been laid and the feet planted) constantly going out and in through the gates of your faces. (What about behind your backs?) Those beginners who have not yet verified this, look, look!' (Do you still have eyes?) At that time, a monk asked, 'What is the true person without status?' (Do you still understand words?) Linji came down from the meditation seat and grabbed him: (You would deny it further!) The monk hesitated. (Stifling that true person!) Linji pushed him away, saying, 'The true person without status—what kind of dried shit-scraper is it!' (Much like failing to carry the alms bowl.)