Yang Xiong Drunk Curses Pan Qiaoyun; Shi Xiu Cleverly Kills Pei Ruhai

There is a gatha: In the morning I read the Lankavatara Sutra; at dusk I recite the Avatamsaka mantra. Plant melons and you get melons; plant beans and you get beans. Sutras and mantras are meant for compassion— how can they save a knot of enmity? See your original mind clearly; expedient means have many deep implications. If the ground of the heart is without selfishness, why seek Heaven’s protection? Hell and Heaven— the doer himself receives them. This passage was left by the ancients. It speaks especially of how good and evil bring retribution, following a man as his shadow follows his body. Since one wishes to cultivate the Buddha-dharma, one should keep the precepts well. But it is hateful that some monks do only filthy, low, and lewd deeds, disgrace those who cultivated before them, and leave a stinking name to later ages. It is truly disgusting! At that time Old Man Pan said to Shi Xiu, “Good nephew, do not leave yet. I understand what is in your mind. You were away two nights, and when you came back today you saw that the shop’s equipment had all been put......