瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.2

1.2

師諱良价，會稽俞氏子。幼歲從師念《般若心經》，至無眼耳鼻舌身意處，忽以手捫面，問師云：「某甲有眼耳鼻舌等，何故經言無？」其師駭然異之云：「吾非汝師。」即指往五洩山，禮默禪師披剃。年二十一，詣嵩山具戒。游方首謁南泉，值馬祖諱辰修齋，南泉問眾云：「來日設馬祖齋，未審馬祖還來否？」眾皆無對。師出對云：「待有伴即來。」南泉云：「此子雖後生，甚堪雕琢。」師云：「和尚莫壓良為賤。」

The Master's personal name was Liangjie, a son of the Yu family of Kuaiji. In his childhood he followed a teacher to recite the Prajñāpāramitā-hṛdaya-sūtra. Coming to the passage, "no eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, or mind," he suddenly touched his face with his hand and asked his teacher, "I have eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and so forth; why does the sūtra say they do not exist?" His teacher was astonished and amazed by him, saying, "I am not your teacher." He then directed him to Wuxie Mountain to bow to Chan Master Lingmo and have his head shaved. At the age of twenty-one, he went to Songshan and received upasaṃpadā. Wandering on pilgrimage, he first called upon Nanquan. It happened to be the memorial anniversary of Mazu, and a feast was being prepared. Nanquan asked the assembly, "Tomorrow we will hold the memorial feast for Mazu; I wonder, will Mazu still come?" No one in the assembly could answer. The Master stepped forward and replied, "When there is a companion, he will come." Nanquan said, "Although this fellow is a junior, he is well worthy of being carved and polished." The Master said, "Upādhyāya, do not oppress an innocent person into slavery."