續傳燈錄 31.34

31.34

常德府文殊思業禪師。世為屠宰。一日戮猪次忽洞徹心源。即棄業為比丘。述偈曰。昨日夜叉心。今朝菩薩面。菩薩與夜叉。不隔一條線。往見文殊。殊曰。爾正殺猪時見箇甚麼便乃剃頭行脚。師遂作鼓刀勢。殊喝曰。這屠兒參堂去。師便下參堂。住文殊日上堂。舉趙州勘婆話。乃曰。勘破婆子。面青眼黑。趙州老漢。瞞我不得。

Chan Master Siye of Wenshu in Changde Prefecture came from a family of butchers. One day, while slaughtering a pig, he suddenly penetrated to the mind-source. He immediately abandoned his profession and became a monk. He composed a verse:
'Yesterday, the mind of a yakṣa;
This morning, the face of a bodhisattva.
Between a bodhisattva and a yakṣa,
Not a single thread separates them.'
He went to see Wenshu. Shu said, 'When you were slaughtering the pig, what did you see that made you shave your head and go on pilgrimage?' The Master then made the gesture of wielding a butcher knife. Shu shouted, 'This butcher—go to the practice hall!' The Master then stepped down and went to the practice hall. When he resided at Wenshu, he ascended the hall and, citing Zhaozhou's examination of the old woman, said: 'Having seen through the old woman, her face was blue and her eyes were black. That old fellow Zhaozhou could not deceive me.'