續傳燈錄 8.28

8.28

安吉州報本法存禪師錢塘陸氏子。僧問。無味之談塞斷人口。作麼生是塞斷人口底句。師便打。僧曰。恁麼則一句流通天人聳耳。師曰。秖恐不是玉是玉也大奇。曰專為流通。師曰。一任亂道。在天衣受請。上堂曰。吳江聖壽見召住持。進退不遑且隨緣分。此皆堂頭和尚提耳訓育終始獎諭。若據今日正令當行。便好一棒打殺。那堪更容立在座前雖然如是。養子方見父慈。

Chan Master Fǎcún of Bàoběn in Ānjí Prefecture was a son of the Lù family of Qiántáng. A monk asked, "Flavorless talk blocks people's mouths. What is the phrase that blocks people's mouths?"
The Master struck him immediately.
The monk said, "If so, then when this phrase circulates, devas and humans will prick up their ears."
The Master said, "I only fear it is not jade; if it were jade, it would be extraordinary indeed."
[The monk] said, "It is solely for the sake of circulation."
The Master said, "Speak wildly as you like."
When receiving an invitation at Tiānyī, he ascended the hall and said, "Shèngshòu in Wújiāng invites me to become abbot. Without leisure to advance or retreat, I simply follow the conditions of my lot. This is all due to the Abbot Upādhyāya holding me by the ear to train and educate me, encouraging and praising me from beginning to end. If based on today, when the true command is to be carried out, it would be fitting to beat me to death with a single stick—how could he further permit me to stand before his seat? Even though it is so, only in raising a child does one realize a father's kindness."