續傳燈錄 24.27

24.27

瑞州黃檗惟初禪師。常州蔡氏子。上堂。我見宗大哥平生槁默危坐。所謂朽木形骸。未嘗口角譊譊。將佛祖言教以當門庭。秖要當人歇得十成。自然不向這殼漏子上著到。有僧問。既不向這殼漏子上著到。未審如何保任。師曰。無爾用心處。曰和尚豈無方便。師曰。𨫼餅既無汁壓沙那有油。

Chan Master Huangbo Weichu of Ruizhou was a son of the Cai clan of Changzhou. Ascending the hall, he said, 'I observed elder brother Zong sitting erect in silent witheredness throughout his life, having a so-called withered-wood body. Never did his lips and tongue chatter noisily, treating the words and teachings of the Buddhas and Patriarchs as a sectarian gate. He only required that one rest completely, hundred percent; naturally one would not cling to this leaking shell.' A monk asked, 'Since one does not cling to this leaking shell, I wonder how one preserves it?' The master said, 'There is no place for you to apply your mind.' The monk said, 'Does the upādhyāya have no expedient means?' The master said, 'When a flat pancake has no gravy, how could pressing sand yield oil?'