有一天，奕堂禪師從禪定中起來時，剛好傳來陣陣悠揚的鐘聲，禪師特別專注的豎起心耳聆聽。待鐘聲一停，就喚來司鐘的沙彌，問道：「今早你是以什麼心情司鐘？」沙彌答：「只為打鐘而已。」禪師：「不見得！你司鐘時，心裡一定念著什麼！」
沙彌想了又想，說：「也沒有刻意念著，只是尚未出家參學時，家師時常告誡我，司鐘要想到鐘即是佛，要敬鐘如佛，要以禪心和禮拜的心來司鐘。」奕堂禪師聽了非常滿意，再三提醒：「往後處理事務，都要保有今早司鐘的禪心。」
這位沙彌就是後來的森田悟由禪師，他從童年起，養成恭謹的習慣，不論司鐘，或做任何事，動任何念，一直謹記著：保持司鐘的禪心。諺云：「有志沒志，就看燒火掃地。」凡事帶有幾分禪心，何事不成？

One day, just as Zen Master Ekido was coming out of Samadhi, the melodious sound of the bell drifted in waves over him. He listened with all his heart, then sent for the novice monk who made the sound. “What was your state of mind,” he asked, “when you struck the bell?” The monk answered, “I just struck it to make it ring.” Master Ekido pressed him. “As you were striking the bell, you must have thought about something.”
The monk reflected and then said, “Actually, I didn’t consciously think about anything. But my teacher, before I left alone, often reminded me to think of the bell as the Buddha, and to sound it with a mind of respect and with the Chan mind of Samadhi.” This greatly pleased Master Ekido, who added, “When handling affairs, always keep the Chan mind you had when sounding the bell.”
This novice monk, who we know today as Zen Master Morita Goyu had, from childhood, cultivated a habit of respect. Following Master Ekido’s advice, he kept the Chan mind in all his thoughts and actions. With the Chan mind you cannot fail. As the maxim says, “You can measure a person’s resolve by how determined he is when building a fire and sweeping the floor.”

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