[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b) › 1.73 # 瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.73 瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄 1.73 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b.1.73) 有僧不安，要見師。師遂往，僧云：「和尚何不救取人家男女？」師云：「爾是甚麼人家男女？」云：「某甲是大闡提人家男女。」師良久。僧云：「四山相逼時如何？」師云：「老僧日前也向人家屋簷下過來。」云：「回互，不回互？」師云：「不回互。」云：「教某甲向甚處去？」師云：「粟畬裏去。」僧噓一聲，云：「珍重。」便坐脫。師以拄杖敲頭三下，云：「汝祇解與麼去，不解與麼來。」（昭覺勤云：「大凡行脚人，正要透脫這一件事。這僧既是大闡提人家男女，直至四山相逼，手脚忙亂。若不是洞山具大慈悲，放一線道，與他平展，爭解恁麼去？所以古人道：『臨終之際，若一毫頭聖凡情量未盡，未免入驢駘馬腹裏去。』只如洞山道，我也向人家簷下過，粟畬裏去。鼎鼎礙四山、不礙四山？到這裏，須是桶底子脫始得。且道，洞山意作麼生？還會麼？金雞啄破瑠璃殼，玉兔挨開碧海門。」）因夜參不點燈，有僧出問話退後。師令侍者點燈，乃召適來問話僧出來。其僧近前，師云：「將取三兩粉來，與這箇上座。」其僧拂袖而退，自此省發，遂罄捨衣資設齋，得三年，後辭師。師云：「善為。」時雪峯侍立，問云：「祇如這僧辭去，幾時却來？」師云：「他祇知一去，不解再來。」其僧歸堂，就衣鉢下坐化。雪峯上報師，師云：「雖然如此，猶較老僧三生在。」 > A monk was unwell and wished to see the Master. The Master thereupon went. The monk said, "Why doesn't the Upādhyāya rescue the son or daughter of a household?" > The Master said, "What kind of household's son or daughter are you?" > He said, "I am the son or daughter of a household of great icchantikas." > The Master paused for a while. The monk said, "What about when the four mountains press in?" > The Master said, "The other day this old monk also passed under the eaves of someone's house." > He said, "Interplay, or non-interplay?" > The Master said, "Non-interplay." > He said, "Where do you instruct me to go?" > The Master said, "Go into the millet field." > The monk exhaled with a sigh and said, "Take care!" and immediately passed away while sitting. > The Master tapped his head three times with his staff and said, "You only know how to go like that; you do not know how to come like that." (Zhaojue Qin said, "Generally, for travelers on foot, what is crucial is to penetrate and break free of this single matter. Since this monk was the son or daughter of a household of great icchantikas, right up until the four mountains pressed in upon him, his hands and feet were flustered. Were it not for Dongshan being endowed with great compassion, letting open a thread of a path and laying it out flat for him, how could he have known how to go like that? Therefore the ancients said: 'At the moment of death, if even a hair's breadth of sentiment regarding sage and ordinary is not exhausted, one cannot avoid entering the bellies of donkeys and horses.' Just consider Dongshan's saying, 'I too passed under someone's eaves,' and 'Go into the millet field.' Did they obstruct the four mountains, or not obstruct the four mountains? Arriving here, one must have the bottom of the pail drop out; only then will you get it. Now tell me, what was Dongshan's meaning? Do you understand? 'The golden rooster pecks open the lapis lazuli shell; the jade rabbit pushes open the green sea gate.'") > Because on an evening gathering no lamp was lit, a monk came forward to ask a question and then stepped back. The Master instructed the attendant to light a lamp, and then called forth the monk who had just asked the question. As that monk approached, the Master said, "Bring three ounces of powder and give it to this sthavira." The monk shook his sleeves and withdrew. From this he had an awakening, and thereupon completely gave away his robes and possessions to host a feast. After three years, he took his leave of the Master. The Master said, "Take good care." At that time Xuefeng was standing in attendance, and he asked, "Just as this monk takes his leave and departs, when will he return?" The Master said, "He only knows going once; he does not understand coming again." The monk returned to the hall, and beside his robe and bowl passed away in meditation. Xuefeng reported this up to the Master. The Master said, "Even though it is so, he is still three lifetimes behind this old monk." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b.1.72) - [Next: 1.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b.1.74) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b~en-mt.1.73) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986a.1.47) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b.1.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b.1.73) · Pramāṇa