撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄 1.13

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師諱本寂，泉州莆田黃氏子，少業儒，年十九，往福州靈石出家，二十五登戒，尋謁洞山。洞山問：「闍黎名甚麼？」師曰：「本寂。」山曰：「向上更道。」師曰：「不道。」山曰：「為什麼不道。」師曰：「不名本寂。」洞山深器之（《僧寶傳》師名耽章，此《燈錄》所載，遂仍之），自此入室，盤桓數載，乃辭去，洞山遂密授洞上宗旨，復問云：「子向甚麼處去？」師云：「不變異處去。」洞山云：「不變異處，豈有去耶？」師曰：「去亦不變異。」遂往曹谿，禮祖塔。回吉水，眾嚮師名，乃請開法，師志慕六祖，遂名山為曹。尋值賊亂，乃之宜黃，有信士王若一，捨何王觀，請師住持，師更何王為荷玉，由是法席大興，學者雲萃，洞山之宗，至師為盛。

The Master's taboo name was Benji; he was a son of the Huang clan of Putian in Quanzhou. In his youth he pursued Confucian studies. At nineteen, he went to Lingshi in Fuzhou to leave home, and at twenty-five he took the precepts. Soon after, he visited Dongshan. Dongshan asked, 'What is your name, ācārya?' The Master said, 'Benji.' Dongshan said, 'Speak further of the matter of transcendence.' The Master said, 'I will not speak of it.' Dongshan said, 'Why do you not speak of it?' The Master said, 'It is not named Benji.' Dongshan regarded him highly as a vessel of the Dharma. (In the Sengbao zhuan the Master's name is Danzhang; here we follow what is recorded in the Denglu.) From then on he entered the abbot's room, lingered for several years, and then took his leave. Dongshan then secretly transmitted the essential lineage of the Dong school to him and asked again, 'Where are you going?' The Master said, 'To the unalterable place.' Dongshan said, 'In the unalterable place, how can there be any going?' The Master said, 'Going is also unalterable.' Thereupon he went to Caoxi and paid reverence at the Ancestor's stupa. Returning to Jishui, the assembly looked up to the Master's reputation and invited him to inaugurate the Dharma. The Master's aspiration was to admire the Sixth Ancestor, so he named the mountain Cao. Soon he encountered bandit disturbances and went to Yihuang. There was a faithful layman named Wang Ruoyi who donated the Hewang Abbey and invited the Master to serve as abbot. The Master changed 'Hewang' to 'Heyu'. From then on his Dharma assembly flourished greatly, and students gathered like clouds. The lineage of Dongshan became magnificent with the Master.