袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.21

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師夏末問訊溈山次，溈山云：「子一夏不見上來，在下面作何所務？」師云：「某甲在下面鉏得一片畬，下得一籮種。」溈山云：「子今夏不虛過。」師却問：「未審和尚一夏之中作何所務？」溈山云：「日中一食，夜後一寢。」師云：「和尚今夏亦不虛過。」道了乃吐舌。溈山云：「寂子何得自傷己命？」（溈山喆云：「仰山眼照四天下，到大圓面前却向淨地喫交。大圓可謂養子之緣，不免掛後人唇齒。」龍門遠云：「溈仰父子尋常相見，遊戲神通不同小小，還有知得底麼？若無，山僧與汝諸人說看。開得一片畬，綿綿密密，兩頓粥飯其道自辦。山僧一夏與諸人相見，自是諸人不薦。若也薦成一片，是甚麼一片？看取當門箭。」西禪儒云：「溈仰父子出入卷舒得能自在，諸人切不得作世諦商量，又不得作佛法解會。既總不許與麼商量，畢竟如何會？開得一片畬，種得一籮粟，回頭閑一望，山青水又綠。終日只一餐，夜後只一宿，困來仲脚眠，千足與萬足。相將八月九月來，籬邊爛熳鋪黃菊。」東林顏云：「今時師僧千百成群，經冬過夏虛消歲月，深屈古人。東林不是撿點先聖，仰山逞俊太過，吐舌只得一半。」）

At the end of the summer retreat, when the Master paid his respects to Guishan, Guishan said: "You have not been seen coming up the whole summer; what duties were you engaged in down below?" The Master said: "Down below, I hoed a patch of slash-and-burn field and sowed a basket of seed." Guishan said: "You did not spend this summer in vain." The Master in turn asked: "May I inquire what duties the Upādhyāya was engaged in during the summer?" Guishan said: "A single meal at midday, a single sleep after dark." The Master said: "The Upādhyāya also did not spend this summer in vain." Having spoken, he stuck out his tongue. Guishan said: "Why must you, Jizi, injure your own life?" (Guishan Zhe said: "Yangshan's eyes illuminated the four continents, but coming before Dayuan, he fell flat on clean ground. Dayuan can indeed be called having the affinity of nurturing a son, but he could not avoid being on the lips of later generations." Longmen Yuan said: "When the father and son of Guiyang meet in everyday life, their play of spiritual powers is no small matter. Is there anyone who understands? If not, this mountain monk will tell you all: having opened a patch of slash-and-burn field, dense and unbroken, through two meals of gruel and rice its way is naturally managed. This mountain monk met with you all throughout the summer, but you yourselves did not recognize it. If you also recognize it into a single whole, what kind of whole is it? Look closely at the arrow right before the gate!" Xichan Ru said: "Father and son of Guiyang go out and enter, roll up and unfold, achieving complete mastery. You must definitely not make conventional truth reckonings, nor make Buddhadharma understandings of it. Since none of such reckonings are permitted, after all how do you understand it? Opening a patch of slash-and-burn field, planting a basket of millet; looking back at leisure, the mountains are blue and the waters green again. All day just one meal, after night just one lodging; when tired, stretch out your legs to sleep, a thousandfold and myriadfold sufficient. Together as the eighth and ninth months arrive, yellow chrysanthemums spread luxuriantly beside the hedge." Donglin Yan said: "Monks nowadays gather in flocks of hundreds and thousands, passing through winter and spending the summer wasting their days in vain, deeply doing a disservice to the ancients. It is not that Donglin criticizes the past sage, but Yangshan showed off his cleverness too much; sticking out his tongue was only getting half of it.")