景德傳燈錄 27.58

27.58

昔有三僧雲遊。擬謁徑山和尚。遇一婆子時方收稻次。一僧問曰。徑山路何處去。婆曰。驀直去。僧曰。前頭水深過得否。曰不濕脚。僧又問。上岸稻得恁麼好。下岸稻得恁麼怯。曰下岸稻總被螃蟹喫却也。僧曰。太香生。曰勿氣息。僧又問婆。住在什麼處。曰只在遮裏。三僧乃入店內。婆煎茶一瓶將盞子三箇安盤上謂曰。和尚有神通者即喫茶。三人無對。又不敢傾茶。婆曰。看老朽自逞神通也。於是便拈盞子傾茶行。

In the past, three monks on pilgrimage intended to visit the upādhyāya of Jingshan. They encountered an old woman who happened to be harvesting rice. One monk asked, "Which way is the road to Jingshan?" The old woman said, "Go straight ahead." The monk asked, "The water ahead is deep; can one cross?" She said, "Your feet will not get wet." The monk asked again, "How is it that the rice on the upper bank is so fine, while the rice on the lower bank is so frail?" She said, "The rice on the lower bank has all been eaten away by crabs." The monk said, "It is so fragrant!" She said, "There is no smell at all." The monk asked her again, "Where do you live?" She said, "Right here." The three monks then entered her shop. The old woman boiled a pot of tea, set three cups on a tray, and said to them, "The upādhyāya who possesses supernatural powers may drink tea." The three men could not reply, nor did they dare pour the tea. The old woman said, "Watch an old woman display her own supernatural powers." Thereupon, she picked up the cups, poured the tea, and walked off.