大慧普覺禪師語錄 4.10

4.10

雙槐居士鄭禹功，為佛燈禪師入塔請陞座：「沿流不止問如何，真照無邊說似他，離相離名人不稟，吹毛用了急須磨。佛燈法兄禪師，二十年持此吹毛，活人天眼，離相離名，摧邪顯正，橫拈倒用，不犯鋒鋩。一周佛事已圓，直是光前絕後。」乃顧視大眾云：「今日一會，正是佛燈禪師再秉吹毛，為諸人入泥入水全提時節。還有知恩者麼？若有，功不浪施；其或未然，徑山不免葛藤，更舉一箇古話。昔日疎山和尚造壽塔了，監院來白疎山，山問：『爾將多少錢與匠人？』監院云：『一切在和尚。』疎山云：『為將三錢與他？為將兩錢與他？為將一錢與他？若道得，與吾親造塔。』監院無對，時羅山和尚在大嶺住菴，監院到彼，羅山問：『甚處來？』監院云：『疎山來。』羅山云：『近日有何言句？』監院遂舉前話，山云：『還有人道得磨？』院云：『未有人道得。』山云：『爾却回舉似疎山道：「大嶺聞舉云：『若將三文錢與匠人，和尚此生決定不得塔；若將兩文錢與匠人，和尚與匠人共出一隻手；若將一文錢與匠人，帶累匠人眉鬚墮落。』」』監院回舉似疎山，山便具威儀，望大嶺禮拜歎云：『將為無人，大嶺有古佛，放光射我此間。』却謂監院曰：『汝去向大嶺道：「猶如臘月蓮華。」』監院復持此語舉似羅山，山曰：『早已龜毛長數丈。』」師云：「諸人還知二老落處麼？其或未然，徑山今日將古人今人攪成一塊去也。疎山一文兩文三文，雙槐居士湊成二百千，已為佛燈陳謝匠人了也，免致溢監院走來走去問他別人。臘月蓮華一朵，甚是希奇。佛燈禪師收歸窣堵波中，要作叢林標格。龜毛數丈，分付天并禪師，隨時受用。敢問大眾，且道徑山還在裏許也無？」良久云：「數聲清磬是非外，一箇閑人天地間。」

The lay devotee Shuanghuai, Zheng Yugong, requested [the Master] to ascend the high seat for the enshrinement of Chan Master Fodeng's relics in a stupa: "Following the flow without ceasing, one asks what to do; / The boundless true illumination is described to him. / Abandoning marks and names, people do not receive it; / Once the blow-hair sword is used, it must be swiftly sharpened. / My dharma-brother Chan Master Fodeng wielded this blow-hair [sword] for twenty years, bringing to life the eyes of humans and devas, leaving behind marks and names, destroying the heterodox and revealing the orthodox, wielding it crosswise and applying it upside down, without blunting its edge. The full cycle of Buddhist work being complete, it truly outshines the past and has no equal in the future." He then looked at the assembly and said, "Today's gathering is precisely the occasion for Chan Master Fodeng to wield the blow-hair [sword] once again, entering the mud and water to expound completely for you all. Is there anyone who recognizes the debt of gratitude? If so, the effort has not been wasted; if not, Jingshan cannot avoid entanglements, and will further cite an ancient story: In the past, when Venerable Shushan had completed building his longevity stupa, the supervisor of monks came to inform Shushan. Shushan asked, 'How much money did you give the craftsman?' The supervisor said, 'Everything depends on the Venerable.' Shushan said, 'Did you give him three coins? Did you give him two coins? Or did you give him one coin? If you can speak [properly], you can personally build the stupa for me.' The supervisor had no reply. At that time, Venerable Luoshan was dwelling in a hermitage at Daling. The supervisor went there, and Luoshan asked, 'Where do you come from?' The supervisor said, 'I come from Shushan.' Luoshan said, 'What words and phrases have there been recently?' The supervisor then cited the previous story. Luoshan said, 'Was there anyone who could speak [properly]?' The supervisor said, 'No one has yet been able to speak.' Luoshan said, 'Go back and cite this to Shushan, saying: "Daling heard this cited and said: 'If you give three cash to the craftsman, the Venerable in this life will definitely not get a stupa; if you give two cash to the craftsman, the Venerable and the craftsman join in putting forth one hand; if you give one cash to the craftsman, you will cause the craftsman's eyebrows and beard to fall out.'"' The supervisor returned and cited this to Shushan. Shushan immediately donned his formal robes, bowed toward Daling, and sighed, saying, 'I thought there was no one, but at Daling there is an ancient buddha emitting light that strikes this place of mine!' He then said to the supervisor, 'Go and say to Daling: "Like a lotus blossom in the twelfth month."' The supervisor again took these words and cited them to Luoshan. Luoshan said, 'The turtle hair is already several yards long.'" The Master said, "Do you people know where the two old men settled? If not, Jingshan today will churn the ancients and moderns into a single lump! Shushan's one coin, two coins, three coins—the lay devotee Shuanghuai pooled together two hundred thousand, and has already expressed gratitude to the craftsmen on Fodeng's behalf, saving Supervisor Yi from running back and forth to ask other people. That single lotus blossom of the twelfth month is exceedingly rare and wondrous; Chan Master Fodeng has gathered it into the stūpa to serve as a standard for the monasteries. The several yards of turtle hair are entrusted to Chan Master Tianbing for his use at any time. May I ask the great assembly: tell me, is Jingshan in their midst or not?" After a good pause, he said, "Several chimes of the clear lithophone outside of right and wrong; / A single idle man between heaven and earth."