金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.3

1.3

開堂，日中坐茶筵未起，時僧正白師云：「四眾已圍繞和尚法座了也。」師云：「眾人却參真善知識。」少頃陞堂，僧問：「大眾雲集，請師舉唱。」師云：「大眾久立。」乃云：「眾人既盡在此，山僧不可無言，與大眾舉一古人方便。珍重。」便下座。子方上座，自長慶來，師舉長慶稜和尚偈問云：「作麼生是萬象之中獨露身？」子方舉拂子，師云：「恁麼會又爭得？」云：「和尚尊意如何？」師云：「喚什麼作萬象？」云：「古人不撥萬象。」師云：「萬象之中獨露身，說甚麼撥不撥。」子方豁然悟解，述偈投誠。自是諸方會下，有存知解者，翕然而至，始則行行如也，師微以激發，皆漸而服膺，海參之眾，常不減千計。

At the opening of the hall, at midday, he was seated at the tea reception and had not yet risen. At that time, the monastic controller reported to the Master, saying, "The fourfold assembly has already surrounded the upādhyāya's Dharma seat." The Master said, "The assembly should instead call upon a true kalyāṇamitra." Shortly afterwards he ascended the hall. A monk asked, "The great assembly has gathered like clouds; we request the Master to expound." The Master said, "The great assembly has been standing for a long time." He then said, "Since everyone is fully gathered here, this mountain monk cannot remain speechless; I will present an ancient's skillful means to the great assembly. Take care." He then stepped down from the seat. Sthavira Zifang came from Changqing. The Master quoted Upādhyāya Changqing Leng's verse and asked, saying, "What is 'solitarily revealing the body amidst the myriad phenomena'?" Zifang raised his fly-whisk. The Master said, "How can understanding it like this do?" [Zifang] said, "What is the upādhyāya's venerated intention?" The Master said, "What do you call the myriad phenomena?" [Zifang] said, "The ancients did not set aside the myriad phenomena." The Master said, "'Solitarily revealing the body amidst the myriad phenomena'—what is all this talk of setting aside or not setting aside?" Zifang was suddenly enlightened and presented a verse expressing his devotion. From this time on, those in the assemblies of various regions who harboured intellectual understanding arrived in great numbers. At first they were assertive and proud; but when the Master gently provoked them, they all gradually submitted with heartfelt respect. The assembly of those who came from afar to study under him constantly numbered no less than a thousand.