宿棺蓋遇乞不懼

西行途中。夜宿破廟祇一棺。蓋仰。知無人。宿蓋上。半夜。棺中大動數次。有聲曰我要出來。問你是人是鬼。曰是人。問是甚麼人。曰是討飯的。公笑起。令出。狀醜如鬼。小解復睡。天曙公行。

宣化偈曰：

性定魔伏朝朝樂。妄念不起處處安。
正大光明無所畏。待人如己有何分。

Spending the night on a coffin cover, meeting a beggar, 
but not being frightened

The Master walked westward, and, at nightfall, he came upon a dilapidated temple in which there was nothing but a coffin, its cover upside down. Assuming that no one was inside, the Master slept on top. At midnight, however, he felt something moving around inside the coffin. "Let me out!" said a voice. The Master asked, "Are you a man or a ghost?" "I'm a man," was the answer. "Who are you?" asked the Master. "I'm a beggar," was the reply. The Master chuckled and got up, letting out a man who was ugly as a ghost. The beggar went out to urinate, and then went back to sleep. At dawn, the Master left.

The gatha says:
When the nature is in samadhi, the demons are quelled, and every day is joyful.
When false thoughts do not arise, every place is peaceful.
Bright and imposing was the Master's light - there was not a thing to fear.
If one treats people as oneself, what distinction is there?