04/01/2022 DAILY ENLIGHTENMENT - 日日觉

有一年, 仰山慧寂在山下的草庵中靜修過夏。結夏之後, 他上山來問候師父, 溈山靈祐。

靈祐問:「一個夏天都不見你上山來,你在山下都做了些什麼?」

慧寂說道:「我在下面開了一片田,下了一籮種。」

靈祐說:「你這個夏天沒白過。」

慧寂問:「不知師父這個夏季都做了哪些事?」

靈祐説:「我白天吃一頓飯, 晚上睡一覺。」

慧寂說：「那麼,師父你這個夏天也沒白過。」

One year, Zen Master Yangshan Huiji spent the summer retreat in the grass hut under the mountain. After the end of summer, he went up the mountain to greet his Shifu, Zen Master Weishan Lingyou.

Lingyou asked, "I haven't seen you up here for the summer; what have you done down the mountain?"

Huiji said, "I have planted a field with a basket of seeds."

Lingyou said, "You haven't passed your summer in vain."

Huiji asked, "I wonder what you have done this summer?

Lingyou said, "I have my meal in the day and rest at night."

Huiji said, "Then, Shifu, you haven't passed your summer in vain too."