雲門匡真禪師廣錄 3

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Language: English

3.1

Compiled by disciple Master Mingshi, Shoujian, bestowed the purple robe

3.2

Examinations and Discriminations: One Hundred and Sixty-five Cases

3.3

Recorded Sayings of Itinerant Travels: Thirty-one Cases

The Master saw a newcomer and said, "Upādhyāya Xuefeng said: 'The road has been opened; Bodhidharma is coming.' I ask you, how is it?" The monk said, "It bumps right into the upādhyāya's nostrils." The Master said, "The earth spirit had a fit of temper, grabbed Mount Sumeru with one strike, leapt up to the Brahmā heaven, and bruised Śakra's nostrils. Why did you hide your body away in Japan?" The monk said, "It would be best if the upādhyāya did not deceive people." The Master said, "It bumps into this old monk's nostrils—how about that?" There was no reply. The Master said, "I should have known you were just one who mimics words." Answering on his behalf for where there was no reply, he said, "The upādhyāya only fears that I am not genuine." He also said, "Luoluo li."

3.9

He asked a newcomer, "Where are you from?" The monk said, "A man of Silla." The Master said, "What did you take across the sea?" The monk said, "The grass-bandits were utterly defeated." The Master said, "Why are you in my hands?" The monk said, "Precisely so." The Master said, "Jump!" There was no reply. Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "I always get this advantage." He also said, "Let it jump as it pleases."

3.10

He asked a newcomer, "When you were at Mount Nanyue, you borrowed two hundred coins from me; why haven't you paid them back?" There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Today a small outlay met with a great return." He also said, "Today is not convenient."

3.11

He asked a monk, "When mind and phenomena are both forgotten, which seat is it?" The monk said, "The second seat." The Master said, "What is the first seat?" The monk said, "I dare not fall short before the upādhyāya." The Master did not accept this, and answering on his behalf, said, "Buying rice in Shaozhou."

3.12

He asked a monk, "Where have you come from?" The monk said, "I have come from picking tea." The Master said, "Does the person pick the tea, or does the tea pick the person?" There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "The upādhyāya has already spoken; I cannot say anything more."

3.13

The Master asked a monk, "Are you doing construction work?" He said, "Yes." The Master said, "The entire universe is a single house; who is the master of the house?" There was no reply. The Master said, "Ask me, and I will tell you." The monk then asked, and the Master said, "Crash!" Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "How many people have been deceived!"

3.14

The Master asked a monk, "Did you leave home in Hunan?" The monk said, "Yes." The Master said, "Do you recognize the Vajrapāṇi beneath the triple gate?" The monk said, "It is impossible to recognize him further." The Master said, "Sticking your head out of a wild fox's den." There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "What if I don't stick my head out?" Answering on his behalf for the initial question, he said, "It is just a clay man." He also said, "What use is there in recognizing this clay man?" He also said, "Bear in mind that I have newly entered the assembly."

3.15

The Master asked a monk, "Where have you come from?" The monk said, "I have come from paying homage to the stūpa." The Master said, "What did the Patriarch say?" The monk said, "What does the upādhyāya say?" The Master said, "I took you for a sharp fellow." There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Only for the sake of humaneness and righteousness on the Path." The Master asked a monk, "Where have you come from?" The monk lifted up his patch-robe. The Master said, "I asked where you have come from." The monk said, "Why doesn't the upādhyāya understand the words?" The Master then struck him. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Just be glad." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "Has the upādhyāya finished yet?"

3.16

A monk took leave of the Master. The Master said, "Are you taking leave to depart?" He said, "Yes." The Master said, "The river ahead will be difficult to cross." The monk departed, [leaving] everything to the moment. The Master said, "Suluo sahe (suru svāhā)." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "Upon departure, one cannot leave without proper etiquette." Answering on his behalf for the later remark, he said, "Too careless." He also said, "Lately the world has not been good."

3.17

The Master asked a monk, "Where did you pass the summer retreat?" The monk said, "The upādhyāya ought to know." The Master said, "Indeed I know." The monk said, "Then tell me, where did I pass the summer retreat?" The Master said, "Sticking your head out of a mouse hole." There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "You hit the mark." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "Go right out."

3.18

A monk took leave of the Master. The Master said, "Do not cause any blunder." The monk said, "Whatever the upādhyāya has to ask, just ask." The Master said, "The grass-bandits were utterly defeated." There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Defeated indeed." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "Not a little."

3.19

While sitting after carrying rice during communal labor, he said, "Lately I have been out of sorts; I can carry only one bushel of rice. It would be better to take it off quickly." A monk said, "Where will the upādhyāya take it off to?" The Master said, "Ha!" As the monk was about to ask again, the Master said, "Nailed tight." Answering on his behalf, he said, "Clearly so." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "Carrying rice today was exhausting." He also said, "Still close."

3.20

The Master asked a monk, "Is there still a lantern?" The monk said, "It cannot be seen again." The Master said, "A monkey tied to an open pillar." Answering on his behalf, he said, "I deeply appreciate the upādhyāya's profound mind for the Buddhadharma." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "A good thing is not as good as nothing."

3.21

He asked a monk, "Where have you recently departed from?" The monk said, "Zhadu." The Master said, "How many straw sandals have you worn out?" There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "What a pity for the straw sandals." He also said, "I have not worn out straw sandals in vain."

3.22

The Master saw the rice cook and said, "Are you the rice cook?" He said, "Yes." The Master said, "How much grain is in a kernel, and how many kernels are in the grain?" There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "I gaze at the stars and look toward the moon." He also said, "Within the gate of blessings and merit, one cannot help but do it."

3.23

During a meal, the Master asked a monk, "Where are you from?" He said, "Huainan." He asked another monk, "Where are you from?" He said, "Jingzhao." The Master held up a steamed cake and said, "I have nothing to reach you, the man of Huainan, and nothing to reach you, the man of Jingzhao." Neither monk had a reply. The Master then took the steamed cake, broke it, and turned around, saying, "How do I spare you?" Again there was no reply. Answering on their behalf, he said, "It is not that the upādhyāya spares us." Answering on their behalf for the previous remark, he said, "A universal offering to all." He also said, "For now, save it to offer to the upādhyāya."

3.24

He asked a monk, "What sūtra are you reading?" He said, "Someone has already asked." The Master said, "Why are you under my feet?" The monk said, "Precisely so." The Master said, "Respectfully offering sacrifice!" Answering on his behalf, he said, "O blue heaven, O blue heaven!" He also said, "I took it that Shaozhou lacked one."

3.25

He asked a monk, "What treatise are you reading?" He said, "The Prajñāpradīpa-śāstra." The Master said, "On the vajrāsana in India, who preaches the Buddhadharma?" The monk said, "The upādhyāya ought to know." The Master said, "Have you seen it in a dream?" There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Not only me." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "A dead toad leaps out." He also said, "I took it that India lacked one." He also said, "Fallen."

3.26

During a meal, he asked a monk, "How many sesame cakes can you eat?" The monk said, "I can eat four." The Master said, "Why do you have only one hair in your nostrils?" There was no reply. The Master said, "Empty lying and deceitful words." Answering on his behalf for the previous remark, he said, "One must be cautious at the beginning, and one must protect the end."

3.27

During a meal, he asked a monk, "Soup is received into the rice, and rice is received into the soup; where is the fault? If you can speak, there will be another discussion." There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Good soup, good rice." He also said, "One cannot say the upādhyāya is in a toad's den."

3.28

When a monk took leave of the Master, the Master stepped down from the seat, grabbed the monk's hand, and said, "How much is this worth?" There was no reply. The Master said, "Ask me." The monk then asked, and the Master said, "It isn't worth even half a copper coin." Answering on his behalf, he said, "What parting token did you bring to send me off on the road?" He also said, "Upon departure."

3.29

Seeing the characters 'Dragon Canon', he asked a monk, "What comes out of the dragon canon?" There was no reply. The Master said, "Ask, and I will tell you." The monk then asked, and the Master said, "A dead toad comes out." Answering on his behalf, he said, "The smell of shit." He also said, "Steamed buns and cakes."

3.30

While carrying rice, the Master struck a monk with his staff and said, "Is this monk not going to carry rice?" The monk said, "The rice has already been carried into the storehouse." The Master said, "Putting aside carrying the rice into the storehouse, who eats the meal?" The monk then went out. The Master said, "A fellow of empty lies and deceitful words." He also brought it up and asked the monks, "How can one avoid being called a fellow of empty lies and deceitful words by the host?" Answering on their behalf, he said, "Why oppress the freeborn into servitude?" He also said, "A fall into the pit, a gain in your wit." Answering on his behalf for the place where he was asked 'Is this so?', he said, "What reason does the upādhyāya have?"

3.31

In front of the Monks' Hall, the Master asked a monk, "What kind of thing made this bell?" There was no reply. The Master said, "Ask me." The monk then asked, and the Master said, "A patch-robed monk made it." Answering on his behalf, he just struck the bell once and said, "Mahāprajñāpāramitā." He also said, "In front of the Sangha Hall."

3.32

The Master asked a monk engaged in construction, "Where have you come from?" The monk said, "I have come from cutting timber on the mountain." The Master said, "Were you also able to cut a matching tray?" The monk said, "If the upādhyāya lets me off, I will speak." The Master said, "I let you off; what do you say?" The monk bowed, and the Master struck him. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Am I like this too?" He also said, "A pity to complete the work without destroying it." He also said, "Cut!"

3.33

He asked a monk, "Where have you come from?" The monk said, "I have come from carrying firewood." The Master said, "If the karmadāna strikes the drum and does not carry firewood, how is it?" There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "Mistakenly understood." He also said, "A pity for the effort spent carrying firewood." He also said, "The upādhyāya's position suits the person; I am studying and practicing." He also said, "Only just applied a little bit of labor."

3.34

The Master asked a monk, "Where have you come from?" He said, "From the foot of the mountain." The Master said, "How many people were there?" The monk said, "Four people." The Master held up his staff and said, "They are all right here." There was no reply. Answering on his behalf, he said, "It is merely holding oneself back." He also said, "How many people have been led astray?"

3.35

He asked a monk, "How many sesame cakes can you eat?" He said, "Three." The Master held up a sesame cake and said, "Which one is this?" There was no reply. The Master said, "Ask me." The monk then asked, and the Master said, "It does not come out." Answering on his behalf, he said, "He who underestimates the enemy perishes."

3.36

The Master asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from Hunan."
The Master said, "Where did you spend the summer retreat?"
The monk said, "Hunan."
The Master said, "Where is Kaitong Temple?"
The monk said, "I do not understand."
The Master said, "Go to the monks' hall."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Yes."
Answering on behalf of the monk's first statement, he said, "The Upādhyāya asks from afar; this student responds from nearby."
He also said, "I have only just arrived."

3.37

During the midday meal, the Master asked a monk, "Tell me, how much rice is in the alms bowl?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Rustic."
He also said, "When full, then stop."
He also said, "One ladle, two ladles."

3.38

Seeing a monk during the midday meal, the Master asked, "Put the alms bowl, spoon, and chopsticks aside, and bring me the wontons."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Good broth, good rice."
He also said, "Stop."

3.39

He asked a monk, "What sūtra are you reading?"
The monk held up the sūtra.
The Master said, "Poking your head out of a ghost cave."
The monk said, "What does the Upādhyāya see?"
The Master said, "The stolen goods are right here."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "On the path of benevolence and righteousness, one ought not to be like this."

3.40

He asked a monk, "What sūtra are you reading?"
The monk said, "The Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra."
The Master said, "Does the sūtra say that 'all-knowledge (sarvajñajñāna) is pure'?"
The monk said, "Yes."
The Master said, "Why have your eyes pierced right through the pomegranate tree?"
The monk said, "Where is the ancient?"
The Master said, "The ancient indeed knew, but it is you who do not know."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "There are plenty of people who do not recognize the situation."

3.41

The Master asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
[The monk] said, "I have come from the Ling region."
The Master said, "Where did you spend the summer retreat?"
The monk said, "Zhaoqing."
The Master said, "What words and phrases does Zhaoqing have?"
The monk stepped forward and answered, "Yes."
The Master said, "One does not make it, two is not it."
There was no reply.
The Master said, "Clearly so."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Only stick to this."

3.42

During the midday meal, the Master held up a stuffed pastry and said to a monk, "I intended to share half with you, but then I did not share it."
The monk said, "Why did you not share it?"
The Master said, "Because you beat about the bush."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Giving food to others is not bad either."
He also said, "Thank you, Upādhyāya, for the offering."
He also said, "Why is the Upādhyāya acting without rhyme or reason?"

3.43

While drinking tea, the Master said, "What is the flavor of the tea like?"
The monk said, "Please evaluate it, Upādhyāya."
The Master said, "A bottomless bowl is an ordinary matter; a face without a nose makes one die of laughter."
There was no reply.
The Master said, "You fellow who just follows the herd to gobble down rice!"
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Only stick to this."
Also, answering on their behalf, he poured out the tea, and also said, "Just wait for me to prepare a bowl of tea."

3.44

The Master asked a monk, "Where did you spend the summer retreat?"
The monk said, "The Upādhyāya ought to know."
The Master said, "I indeed know."
The monk said, "Then tell me, where did I spend the summer retreat?"
The Master said, "It is not worth a single document."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "It is even less necessary."

3.45

He asked a monk, "What sūtra are you reading?"
The monk responded, "Yes."
The Master said, "Why have you lost it?"
The monk said, "Where did I lose it?"
The Master said, "Take yourself out."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Walking the same road."
He also said, "The Upādhyāya is a great man; he ought not to do it himself."

3.46

He asked a monk, "A complete pastry corner is not wanted; bring the half piece here."
The monk responded, "Yes."
The Master said, "This is bringing the complete piece here."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Whether fasting or not, in the future there is no hindrance."
He also said, "Merit cultivated by the donors."

3.47

The Master asked a newly arrived monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "Chenzhou."
The Master said, "Where did you spend the summer retreat?"
The monk said, "At Fenjin in Jingnan."
The Master said, "How much [gold] did you divide?"
The monk spread his two hands.
The Master said, "This is rubble."
The monk said, "Does the Upādhyāya have anything else?"
The Master said, "A dried shit-stick—bite it as you like."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "If one does not speak of the flaw, how can the jade be carved?"

3.48

He asked a monk, "What treatise are you reading?"
The monk said, "The Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra."
The Master said, "Why have you fallen into doctrine?"
The monk said, "Where have I fallen into doctrine?"
The Master said, "Take yourself out."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "I regret not striking first."

3.49

He asked a monk, "Did you ever lecture on the Treatise on the Hundred Dharmas?"
The monk said, "I did."
The Master said, "Why utter empty lies?"
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Things do not arise in isolation."
He also said, "Hit the mark."

3.50

On the occasion of auctioning the robes of a deceased monk, he asked a monk, "Now that the robes are being auctioned, has the deceased monk returned here or not?"
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Troubling the assembly, unable to wait, striking all the mallets and leaving."

3.51

He asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from hauling firewood."
The Master said, "How many loads have you hauled to awaken in a single night?"
The monk said, "Twenty loads."
The Master said, "Why did you knock out your front teeth?"
There was no reply.
The Master then struck him, saying, "A fellow who merely mimics words!"
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "I also know the Upādhyāya's Dharma-body and mind."
Also, answering on behalf of the earlier statement, he said, "Hauling firewood was already hard work."

3.52

He asked a monk, "What sūtra are you reading?"
That monk pointed instead to a monk beside him, saying, "The Upādhyāya is asking—why do you not answer?"
The Master said, "Why has the exposed pillar retreated three thousand leagues?"
The monk said, "How does that concern anyone else?"
The Master said, "A fellow who merely mimics words!"
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Almost failed to recognize the situation."
Also, answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Take care!" and immediately went out.
He also said, "More than one have hit the mark."

3.53

When the Master was in the Western Capital, he asked a monk, "Where are you from?"
The monk said, "A native of the Kingdom of Khotan."
The Master said, "Did you ever reach the Western Heavens (India)?"
The monk said, "I did."
The Master held up his staff and said, "Without asking you about lightning-swift functioning, did you ever reach here?"
The monk said, "I do not understand."
The Master laughed aloud in great laughter.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "I deeply appreciate the Upādhyāya humbling himself to accommodate the lowly."
He also said, "I thought this land did not have it."
He also said, "Merit."

3.54

He asked a newly arrived monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from Nanyue."
The Master said, "Why did Guanyin enter Lake Dongting?"
The monk said, "As a beginner, I do not understand."
The Master said, "Go to the monks' hall."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Yes."
He also said, "How many people have you confused?"
He also said, "The Upādhyāya asks about Guanyin; I answer with Maitreya."

3.55

During the midday meal, the Master asked a monk, "Without asking about hauling firewood in the middle of the night, what do you use to eat rice at the meal?"
The monk held up his alms bowl.
The Master knocked it down with his staff.
The monk had no words.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Lead on."
He also said, "Two flaps of skin."
He also said, "Spoon, chopsticks, alms bowl, towel, and mat."

3.56

While drinking tea, he asked a monk, "Are you the firewood manager?"
The monk said, "I am."
The Master said, "I urge you to have another bowl of tea."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "I have endured all hardships."
He also said, "Effort is not expended in vain."
He also said, "The Upādhyāya is mindful of my hardship."

3.57

He asked a monk, "Are you the head gardener?"
The monk said, "I am."
The Master said, "Why do the radishes not grow roots?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Too much rain."
He also said, "Unable to make people pleased and cheerful."

3.58

He asked a monk, "Who are you?"
The monk said, "The guest master."
The Master said, "When a guest arrives, how do you entertain them?"
The monk said, "According to the family's means, rich or meager."
The Master said, "These are earthenware bowls and bamboo chopsticks; when a guest arrives, how will you entertain them?"
The monk said, "Thank you, Upādhyāya, for your compassion."
The Master said, "A shrimp cannot leap out of a bushel."
There was no reply.
The Master said, "You ask me."
The monk then asked, "How will you entertain them?"
The Master struck him immediately.
Answering on behalf of the monk's first question, he immediately struck, and also said, "A plate of rice, two bowls of tea."
He also said, "Covetously gazing at the moon in the sky."

3.59

The Master asked a monk, "Where were you ordained?"
The monk said, "I am Zhaozhou's grandson [disciple]."
The Master said, "Where is your grand-master from?"
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "The rice-eating old Upādhyāya."

3.60

The Master saw written on the beam of a watermill: 'May it remain forever undecayed,' but later it fell into disrepair. The Master asked a monk, "Since it was to 'remain forever undecayed,' why was it swept away by water?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Without experiencing an affair, it is hard to grow in wisdom."
He also said, "Even the sovereign rules of Yao and Shun were subject to transformation."

3.61

The Master asked a monk, "Without getting stained by mud and water, how do you speak?"
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "On South Mountain they beat the drum; on North Mountain they dance."

3.62

During the midday meal, he asked a monk, "Is there still any talk here that surpasses the Buddhas and transcends the Patriarchs?"
The monk said, "There is."
The Master said, "Where has it gone?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "In the country of Silla."
He also said, "The Upādhyāya feared I was not being genuine."
Answering on behalf of the earlier statement, he said, "At the time of eating rice, one ought not to speak like that."

3.63

The Master asked the firewood manager, "Why did you pull and snap the large beam saw?"
The monk said, "I did not."
The Master said, "If not, then let it drop."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Both sides."
He also said, "Flat ground."
He also said, "I also know the Upādhyāya works hard on behalf of the monastic officers."

3.64

The Master asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from Nanyue."
The Master said, "I never engage in tangled vines with people here; step forward."
The monk then stepped forward.
The Master said, "Go."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "Pitying this student who has come from afar."
He also said, "Today there is no brilliance."

3.65

Because a monk was standing in front of him, the Master struck him once with his staff. The monk turned his head, and the Master reached out his hand, saying, "Bring money!"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "If one does not turn one's head, how can one know what follows?"
He also said, "Just spit right in his face."

3.66

Entering the kitchen, he asked the vegetable master, "How many eggplants are in the pot?"
There was no reply.
The Master said, "You ask me, and I will tell you."
The monk then asked, and the Master said, "Cannot digest them."
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "One bucket."
Also answering on behalf of the latter statement, he said, "Yes."

3.67

During communal labor, under the triple gate, the Master asked a monk, "What is your tired expression about?"
The monk said, "The Upādhyāya ought to know."
The Master said, "I indeed do not know."
The monk asked back, "What is a tired expression about?"
The Master held up his staff and said, "Meeting what is long, it is long; meeting what is short, it is short."
The monk said, "I do not know: does tiredness speak like this, or does the Upādhyāya speak like this?"
The Master said, "I also know you are intimate [with it]."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "How does one know?"
Also answering on behalf of the earlier statement, he said, "Old and young, yellow and white."

3.68

The Master asked the rice steward, "The Buddha is hundreds of thousands of myriads of transformation bodies; every day when you make rice, how many Old Śākyas are in a single ladle?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, [the Master] said, "One monk, one sheng of rice."
He also said, "Today's midday rice is relatively fine."

3.69

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from the stūpa site at Nanhua."
The Master said, "What words did the Patriarch have?"
The monk said, "He had [some]."
The Master said, "You must not cite them wrongly."
The monk said, "Please, Upādhyāya, understand my words."
The Master said, "I say that your 'one' does not make sense, and your 'two' is not right."
Answering on their behalf, he said, "The Upādhyāya is too extreme!"
He then ordered someone to ask the mill master: "Does the person strike the sieve, or does the sieve strike the person?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Lately, I have eaten a lot of noodles."
He also said, "When a guest comes, one must attend to him; when a thief comes, one must strike him."

3.70

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from the stūpa site at Nanhua."
The Master said, "Did you see the Patriarch?"
The monk said, "What would be the use of seeing him?"
The Master said, "Then what did you go there to do?"
The monk said, "What fault is there?"
The Master said, "Since going has no fault, what fault could seeing have?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "If it were not so, how could one know compassion?"

3.71

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from attending a vegetarian feast."
The Master said, "Bring forth your donation money."
The monk said, "What does the Upādhyāya lack?"
The Master said, "And what do you lack?"
The monk said, "I lack nothing."
The Master said, "If you lack nothing, why did you go attend a vegetarian feast?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "What harm is there?"
He also said, "Chasing a clod of earth."

3.72

[The Master] asked a monk, "Are you a man from the north?"
The monk said, "I am."
The Master struck him with a slap. There was no reply.
The Master said, "You ask me."
The monk then asked, "Where is the Upādhyāya from?"
The Master again struck him with a slap. There was no reply.
In place of the earlier question, he struck a slap. In place of the later, he said, "In the way of humaneness and righteousness."

3.73

A monk came to see the Master after the morning gruel. The Master said, "Have you finished eating gruel yet?"
The monk said, "I have finished."
The Master said, "Did you bite into the exposed pillar?"
The monk said, "I bit into it."
The Master said, "Look at the hardness hitting you!"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "I also know the Upādhyāya fears people are not genuine."
He also said, "Hard against whom?"

3.74

The Master once opened the gate, and a monk came right in. The Master grabbed him by the chest and said, "What is the matter?"
The monk said, "What is the matter?"
The Master gave him a slap. There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Stepping back oneself to advance the other is to preserve the etiquette of guest and host."
In place of the moment of being grabbed, he said, "Spit right in the face of this wild fox spirit!"
He also answered on their behalf, "It was set up because of the student."

3.75

The Master pointed to an exposed pillar and asked a monk from the Eastern Capital, "Is there also this in your home region?"
The monk said, "There is."
The Master said, "What is it called?"
The monk said, "It is called an exposed pillar."
The Master said, "Even an old man in a three-family hamlet understands how to speak like that."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "[It is] the genuine color."

3.76

The Master saw a monk coming, so he raised his fist in a posture to strike. The monk approached in a posture to receive it. The Master gave him a slap. There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Just go out."
He also said, "A single throw, two wins."
He also answered on their behalf, "Performing a cause brings on disaster."
He also said, "Thank you for your repeated kindness."

3.77

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from hauling firewood in the great general work."
The Master said, "Why didn't you arrive for the minor general work?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "As before, it is again the great general work."
He also said, "I have suffered all kinds of hardship."

3.78

[The Master] asked a newcomer, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I dare not [say]."
The Master said, "I remit thirty blows of the staff for you."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Am I also like that?"
He also said, "What a pity for this seven-bay Dharma hall!"

3.79

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
[The monk] said, "I have come from Jingnan."
The Master said, "Where did you spend the summer retreat?"
The monk said, "At Fenjin."
The Master said, "May I ask you something?"
The monk said, "Please do."
The Master said, "The sparrowhawk has crossed to Silla."
The monk had no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Yes."
In place of the moment he asked to inquire, he answered on their behalf, "The sparrowhawk has crossed to Silla."

3.80

The Master was drinking tea in the monk's quarters. He asked the monk serving tea, "Where is it set up?"
The monk pointed to the edge of the sleeping platform and said, "It is here."
The Master said, "You must set up a hall of tea once more before it will do."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Lately money has been hard to come by."
He also said, "If small wealth does not depart, great wealth does not come."
He also said, "Upper room, lower platform edge."

3.81

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "Chenzhou."
The Master said, "Where did you spend the summer retreat?"
The monk said, "At Xichan."
The Master said, "What Dharma did they preach?"
The monk stretched out both hands, letting them hang down at his sides. The Master struck him at once.
The monk said, "I still have words to say!"
The Master then stretched out both hands. There was no reply. The Master beat him and drove him out.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Just go out."

3.82

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from paying homage to the stūpa at Nanhua."
The Master said, "Do not tell lies."
The monk said, "I truly went and came [back]."
The Master said, "You do not observe the five precepts."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Neither of us goes out."

3.83

During a meal, [the Master] asked a monk, "How many cakes are in the bowl? How many bowls are in the cake?"
The monk picked up a cake.
The Master said, "I questioned an old woman."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "It is not needed."
He also said, at the point of the question, "The assembly is eating their meal."

3.84

The Master entered the firewood shed during general work and said, "Those who are old need not go. Are there any old ones?"
A monk said, "There are."
The Master said, "Where are they?"
The monk then pushed forward a monk. The Master said, "This one is still a youngster."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "If so, then one must go to the general work after all."

3.85

The Master, after finishing his tea, said, "Who will take the cup?"
A monk stepped up and took it.
The Master said, "An old man in a village pays respects at the winter solstice."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Just because of practicing humaneness and righteousness, one brings disaster upon oneself."

3.86

A monk came to visit. The Master asked, "Have you ever listened to lectures?"
The monk said, "Yes."
The Master said, "I have heard it said that there is the *Vijñaptimātrasiddhi-śāstra*; is that so?"
The monk said, "Yes."
The Master said, "What is preached in the Heaven of Neither Perception nor Non-Perception?"
The monk said, "I do not understand."
The Master said, "Just recite the texts."
Answering on their behalf, he said, "The Chan master loves to bully the lecturer."
He also said, "Hūṃ phat!"
He also said, "Vimalakīrti's head, the Lotus's tail."

3.87

A monk was taking leave of the Master. The Master said, "Where are you going?"
The monk said, "I am going to Hunan."
The Master said, "The ferry stations ahead are hard to pass."
The monk said, "I have official travel permits on me."
The Master said, "This is just reciting the primer."
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "A tiny village town is not worth mentioning."
He also said, "The Upādhyāya is too extreme!"
In place of the earlier words, he said, "Just say 'Take care' and go out."

3.88

The Master asked a newcomer, "Bring forward your official permit."
The monk said, "Someone has already asked."
The Master said, "This is still just reciting the primer."
The monk said, "Do not be mistaken."
The Master said, "The grass bandits have suffered a great defeat!"
There was no reply.
In place of the earlier words, he answered on their behalf, "For now preserve humaneness and righteousness."
In place of the later words, he said, "Very much like the head of a village town."
He also said, "Long looked up to."

3.89

[The Master] asked a monk, "All sounds are the Buddha's voice; all forms are the Buddha's form. Remove them, and speak for me!"
The monk said, "They are removed."
The Master said, "Speaking like that, when in the year of the donkey will you understand?"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "A gentleman's single word."
In place of the initial words, he said, "Crazy!"
He also said, "Not preserving the slightest bit of the Buddha-Dharma's body and mind."

3.90

[The Master] asked a monk, "Where have you come from?"
The monk said, "I have come from picking tea."
The Master said, "How many Bodhidharmas did you pick?"
Answering on their behalf, he said, "One should drink little of the new tea."
He also said, "By picking the spring tea, the effort is not wasted."

3.91

When a monk was taking leave of the Master, the Master said, "Where are you going?"
The monk said, "I am going up to Qian."
The Master said, "You fellow striking the rough wooden trunk!"
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Take care."
He also said, "On the verge of departure."

3.92

While drying wheat in the sun, [the Master] asked a monk, "Is the sunning finished?"
The monk said, "It is finished."
The Master said, "Whether you bite the steamed bun horizontally or vertically, without leaving this place, utter a phrase!"
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Eat little of the new wheat flour."
He also said, "The three items are steamed into flatbreads and sweet cakes."

3.93

[The Master] asked a monk, "What scripture are you reading?"
[The monk] said, "The *Prakaraṇāryavācā-śāstra*."
The Master said, "Why did you fail to illuminate just now when asked?"
The monk said, "Where did I fail to illuminate?"
The Master said, "Did you see the *Prakaraṇāryavācā* in a dream?"
Answering on their behalf, he said, "If not so, how could one see the person in question?"
He also said, "Failed to illuminate."

3.94

The Master asked a monk reading a scripture, "What character is at the beginning of the title?"
The monk held up the scripture. The Master said, "I have it too."
The monk said, "Since the Upādhyāya already has it, why do you ask instead?"
The Master said, "What can be done about it being like this?"
The monk said, "What fault is there?"
The Master said, "One does not smell the stench of one's own dung."
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Only today do I know."
He also said, "Deshan's staff, Zihu's dog."
He also said, "This question of the Upādhyāya is exceedingly sharp."

3.95

There was a junior disciple at Gushan who had long resided at Chongshou. When he returned to Lingzhong, he went to Baofu to pay his respects. Baofu knew he was coming, so he went inside his curtained bed and sat covering his head with his patch-robe. The monk said, "Are you sweating, Upādhyāya?" There was no answer.
A monk cited this to the Master. The Master said, "A ready-made case, yet he could not settle it."
Answering on their behalf, he said, "It puts people to shame!"
He also said, "The grass bandits have suffered a great defeat!"

3.96

The Master asked a monk, "What scripture are you reading?"
The monk said, "Dhāraṇī."
The Master said, "In talking like that, there is no master present."
The monk said, "Do not be mistaken, Upādhyāya."
The Master said, "See yourself out."
Answering on their behalf, he said, "Just go out."

3.97

[The Master] asked a monk, "I have a phrase whose sharp edge and bones are not exposed. How can it exist?"
The senior monk said, "Gather it in."
The Master said, "Saying so, you have caught half of it."
Answering on their behalf, he said, "I deeply receive the Upādhyāya's compassion."
He also said, "The phrase clicks."
He also said, "Almost nowhere else."

3.98

On the occasion of repairing the canon, [the Master] asked a monk, "What is the canon?"
The monk answered, "Yes?"
The Master said, "This is the foot of the canon. Return the canon to me!"
There was no reply.
Answering on their behalf, he said, "How could one not repair the canon?"
He also said, "Jade."

3.99

[The Master] asked a newcomer, "Where did you spend the summer retreat?"
[The monk] said, "At Yungai."
The Master said, "How many people?"
The monk said, "Seventy people."
The Master said, "Why were you not included in the count?"
Answering on their behalf, he said, "From the newcomer's standpoint, has he not yet received such [treatment]?"
He also said, "Fearing that long-term residents would get angry."

3.100

He asked a monk, "Where do you come from?" The monk said, "Chenzhou." The Master said, "Why did you lose your footing?" Answering on their behalf, he said, "Wielding a broadaxe at the gate of Lu Ban." He also said, "The guest shows the host's features."

3.101

The Master asked a monk, "Where do you come from?" He said, "Zhadu." The Master said, "Why could you not cover it?" The monk said, "Upādhyāya, do not confound me." The Master said, "A leaping shrimp cannot jump out of the peck measure." Answering on their behalf, he said, "A newcomer at once receives the Upādhyāya's layered adornment." He also said, "Seeing each other face to face."

3.102

He asked a monk, "An ancient said, 'Boundless land-realms, oneself and others, are not separated by the tip of a hair.' What about Silla, Japan, and here?" The monk said, "Not different." The Master said, "Falling into hell." Answering on their behalf, he said, "One must not form a view of hell." He also said, "How could one return with jade?"

3.103

He asked a monk, "You must not put me in an awkward spot." The monk said, "Why has the Upādhyāya reached such a ground?" The Master said, "My putting you in an awkward spot is still tolerable; your putting me in an awkward spot is even more fatal." Answering on their behalf, he said, "Things do not arise in isolation." He also said, "The Upādhyāya is also exceedingly unprovoked." He also said, "Where would I not dismount?"

3.104

He asked a monk, "You go on pilgrimage and say you know it exists; bring me the great trichiliocosm and place it on my eyelashes." The monk said, "Yes." The Master said, "Why is Qiantang three thousand li from the capital?" The monk said, "How could that concern anything else?" The Master said, "This phantom-snatching fellow!" Answering on their behalf, he said, "The Upādhyāya relies on power to bully others." He also said, "He often takes this advantage."

3.105

He asked a monk, "Where do you come from?" The monk said, "From the stūpa precinct at Nanhua." The Master said, "Did you see the Patriarch?" The monk said, "The bridge at Nanhua is broken." The Master said, "What about the stone bridge at Nanyue?" There was no answer. The Master said, "A follower who merely parrots words!" Answering on their behalf, he said, "Walk right out." He also said, "Climbed up."

3.106

He asked a monk, "Where do you come from?" The monk said, "From the Nirvāṇa Hall." The Master said, "Does the deceased monk still eat rice?" The monk said, "He does not eat." The Master said, "Does a living person still eat rice?" There was no answer. Answering on their behalf, he said, "One ladleful, two ladlefuls." He also said, "Owing him even a single sesame cake will not do." He also said, "He could also answer."

3.107

The Master asked a monk, "Have you come from lecturing on the Vinaya, is that so?" The monk said, "It is." The Master said, "It says in the Vinaya Commentary that there is no distinction between the Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna. What is this absence of distinction?" There was no answer. Answering on their behalf, he said, "Let Lingshu put forth a phrase."

3.108

The Master asked a monk, "Does the dharmakāya still eat rice?" The monk said, "The venerable elders everywhere do not grant it; the dharmakāya has neither form nor mark, so how could it eat?" The Master said, "Speaking like that, have you even dreamed of the dharmakāya?" The monk said, "What about the place they do not grant?" The Master said, "They do not know themselves." He then said, "The dharmakāya eats rice." He also said on their behalf, "I had thought he possessed the apertures of a patch-robed monk, yet he is still splashing shit and pouring piss." He also said, "Certainly among hundreds of thousands of people there is not yet one who has reached this realm." He said to himself, "What about the Upādhyāya?" Answering on their behalf, he said, "Bah! This fellow with a head but no tail."

3.109

The Master asked a monk, "By what did the ancient and modern venerable upādhyāyas illuminate the sacred teachings of the Tripiṭaka?" The monk said, "Touching the high, touching the low." The Master said, "Why can you not do so?" Answering on their behalf, he said, "To have turned out so utterly disordered!"

3.110

On account of a bell being cast and returned to the mountain, when the midday meal was over, the Master was requested to strike the bell. The Master struck it, and then the assembly struck it. The Master asked a monk, "What is intended by striking the bell?" The monk said, "To call the Upādhyāya to eat rice." The Master did not approve. Answering on their behalf, he said, "Just as if having nothing to do." He also said, "Resting suffering and halting bitterness."

3.111

The Master went to the capital for an imperial audience and returned; upon reaching the Great Bridge, the monastery brewed tea to welcome the Master. While the Master was taking tea and fruit, with the monks standing in attendance, the Master spoke to the three attending monks, saying, "It is because you had nothing to eat in the capital." He then picked up a piece of fruit and gave it to one monk; that monk took it and left at once. He then spoke to another monk, saying, "I will not give any to you." The monk made no reply. The Master said, "There is also some there." That monk again made no reply. Another monk came forward and said, "Today I have also followed the Upādhyāya here; may I have a share?" The Master said, "Ha!" The monk said, "I am at fault; I have offended the Upādhyāya." The Master said, "I cannot even spit on you." There was no answer. Speaking on behalf of the earlier words, he said, "Knowing too that there is little fruit, two people share a piece." He also said, "Before even reaching the mountain, we receive the Upādhyāya's hospitality." Speaking on behalf of the later words, he said, "I am even more so."

3.112

When the Master returned to the mountain and received greetings from the assembly, he said, "I have been away from the mountain for sixty-seven days. Let me ask you: what about the matters of these sixty-seven days?" The assembly made no reply. Answering on their behalf, he said, "The Upādhyāya returned from the capital without any tokens." He also said, "The Upādhyāya ate a lot of noodles in the capital."

3.113

When several monks came to greet him, the Master asked, "What have you come to do?" They said, "We have come carrying firewood." The Master said, "Returning toward the north, you must not fail this old monk." There was no answer. He said again, "Come, come! How do three fools together make up one wise man?" Answering on their behalf, he said, "One mu of land." Speaking on behalf of the earlier words, he said, "Without going through an affair, one does not grow in wisdom."

3.114

During a meal, he said, "Eating rice today, one must not pass away and have them lay out and auction the robes." There was no answer. He said again, "You ask me." A monk then asked, "What will they use to auction them?" The Master said, "Could you lay hands on it in the year of the donkey?" He also said, "I am tangling with you like vines in a three-family hamlet. Ask again." The monk asked again. The Master held up a bowl and said, "This is a Dingzhou bowl; thirty coins a call." Speaking on behalf of the earlier words, he said, "The cash strings are in full string of a hundred."

3.115

During a meal, he asked a monk, "Do you say man eats rice, or rice eats man?" There was no answer. The Master said, "You ask me, and I will tell you." The monk then asked. The Master said, "Thank you for answering." Speaking on behalf of the earlier words, he said, "Were it not for eating rice, these words would be hard to come by."

3.116

As a monk was following the Master out of the triple gate, the Master asked, "An ancient said, 'When great function manifests before you, it does not keep to rules.' What is not keeping to rules?" There was no answer. He said again, "You ask me, and I will tell you." The monk then asked. The Master drew out his voice and said, "Old Śākya has come!" The monk again had no answer. The Master thereupon walked several paces, struck a pine tree once with his staff, and said, "Aha, aha! Do you understand?" The monk said, "I do not understand." The Master said, "Will you understand like that in the year of the donkey?" Speaking on behalf of the earlier words, he said, "A tree with many flowers scoffs at not having half a seed." Speaking on behalf of the later words, he said, "Because of this."

3.117

When the Master saw a monk measuring rice, he asked, "How many Bodhidharmas are in the basket?" There was no answer. The Master said, "You ask me." The monk then asked. The Master said, "Peck measures cannot measure them all." Answering on their behalf, he said, "Through one affair, one grows in wisdom." On their behalf, he also kicked over the rice basket and walked off.

3.118

Because the head of the garden invited the Master to drink tea, the Master said, "If you brew tea, I have a place to repay you." There was no answer. The Master said, "You ask me, and I will tell you." The head of the garden said, "Please, Master, repay me." The Master said, "Put in more water, put in less rice." Answering on their behalf, he said, "Receiving an ox from someone, one returns a horse to them." He also said, "Gold-character tea is six hundred cash a pound."

3.119

During a meal, the Master picked up a steamed bun and said, "I offer this only to people heading north; none of you may have it." At that time a monk asked, "Why may I not have it?" The Master said, "Putting someone in an awkward spot to death!" Answering on their behalf, he said, "For me it is still tolerable." Speaking on behalf of the earlier words, he said, "Two winning rolls in a single cast."

3.120

He asked a monk, "An ancient said, 'You must directly awaken under a single phrase.' What about it?" The monk said, "One must directly awaken under a single phrase." The Master said, "Why do you answer me through your nostrils?" The monk said, "Where is it that I answer through my nostrils?" The Master said, "In a dream." Answering on their behalf, he said, "I am cautious about the beginning, while the Upādhyāya protects the end." He also said, "Nanke." He also said, "Eat less." He also said, "None of the precepts are transgressed at all."

3.121

The Master asked the attendant, "When a guest comes, what do you use to receive him?" The attendant made no reply. Answering on their behalf, he said, "If the Upādhyāya wants his staff, just say so."

3.122

When tea was served in the hall on New Year's Day, the Master asked a monk, "Arranging an arhat feast obtains the blessing of birth in heaven; you get rice to eat." There was no answer. The Master said, "You ask me, and I will tell you." The monk then asked, "Why do you speak like that?" The Master said, "Originally improper, now splashed with shit." Speaking on behalf of the earlier words, he said, "Not only the donor, but I too am indebted."

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