景德傳燈錄 8.30

8.30

鎮州金牛和尚。師自作飯供養眾僧。每至齋時舁飯桶到堂前作舞曰。菩薩子喫飯來。乃撫掌大笑。日日如是（僧問長慶。古人撫掌喚僧喫飯。意旨云何。長慶云。大似因齋慶讚。僧問大光。未審慶讚箇什麼。大光是作舞。僧乃禮拜。大光云。遮野狐精。東禪齊云。古人自出手作飯。舞了喚人來喫意作麼生。還會麼。只如長慶與大光。是明古人意。別為他分析。今問。上座。每日持盂掌鉢時。迎來送去時。為當與古人一般。別有道理。若道別且作麼生得別來。若一般恰到他舞。又被喚作野狐精。有會處麼。若未會行脚眼在什麼處。僧問曹山。古人恁麼是奴兒婢子否。曹山云是。僧云。向上事請師道。曹山咄云。遮奴兒婢子）。

Upādhyāya Jinniu of Zhenzhou: The master cooked rice himself to make offerings to the monks. Whenever it was mealtime, he carried the rice bucket to the front of the hall, danced, and said, "Children of the Bodhisattva, come eat rice!" Then he clapped his hands and laughed heartily. He did this every single day. (A monk asked Changqing, "The ancient clapped his hands and called the monks to eat rice; what was the meaning?" Changqing said, "It is much like celebrating and rejoicing over a meal." A monk asked Daguang, "I wonder what was celebrated?" Daguang danced. The monk then bowed. Daguang said, "This wild fox spirit!" Dongchan Qi said, "The ancient cooked the rice with his own hands, danced, and called people to come and eat; what was his intention? Do you understand? Take Changqing and Daguang: were they clarifying the ancient's intention, or analyzing it separately for him? Now I ask you, sthaviras: every day when you hold the bowl and grasp the alms bowl, when you welcome and send off, is it the same as the ancient, or is there another principle? If you say it is different, how does it become different? If it is the same, as soon as it comes to his dancing, you are again called a wild fox spirit. Do you have an understanding? If you do not yet understand, where are your eyes for traveling on foot?" A monk asked Caoshan, "When the ancient acted like that, was he a servant boy or maidservant?" Caoshan said, "Yes." The monk said, "Please speak of the transcendental matter, Master." Caoshan scolded him, saying, "This servant boy and maidservant!")