景德傳燈錄 14.20

14.20

汾州石樓和尚。師上堂。有僧出問曰。未識本來生乞師方便指。曰石樓無耳朵。僧曰。某甲自知非。師曰。老僧還有過。僧曰。和尚過在什麼處。曰過在汝非處。僧禮拜。師乃打之。師問僧。發足何處。僧云漢國。師云。漢國天子還重佛法麼。僧云。苦哉苦哉。賴遇問著某甲。問著別人則禍生。師云。作什麼𡁠。僧云。人尚不見有何佛法可重。師云。闍梨受戒來多少夏。僧云。三十夏。師云。大好不見有人。便打之。

Upādhyāya Shilou of Fenzhou.
The Master ascended the hall. A monk came forward and asked, saying, “Not yet knowing one's original birth, I beg the master for expedient guidance.”
[The Master] said, “Shilou has no ears.”
The monk said, “This one knows his own fault.”
The Master said, “Does this old monk also have a transgression?”
The monk said, “Where is the Upādhyāya’s transgression?”
[The Master] said, “The transgression is in the place of your fault.”
The monk made prostrations; the Master thereupon struck him.

The Master asked a monk, “Where did you set out from?”
The monk said, “The Han state.”
The Master said, “Does the Son of Heaven of the Han state still revere the Buddha-Dharma?”
The monk said, “Woe! Woe! Fortunately, you asked this one; had you asked another person, calamity would have arisen.”
The Master said, “What are you doing?”
The monk said, “People are not even seen; what Buddha-Dharma is there to revere?”
The Master said, “How many summers have elapsed since the ācārya took the precepts?”
The monk said, “Thirty summers.”
The Master said, “Splendidly you ‘do not see anyone’!” and straightaway struck him.