大慧普覺禪師語錄 24.8

24.8

Chan practitioner Zunpu previously served our late teacher Yuanwu at Mount Jiang, and was a companion in the Way with Elder Tanyi of Xiangyun. Both of them were with our late teacher, but became satisfied with small attainment, tapping their chests in self-approval and holding their nostrils high in the air, thinking that no one in the world could surpass them. In the spring of the jia-yin year, I came from Jiangzuo to Min. Tanyi had already begun teaching at Puzhong, expounding Chan with great clamor, with patch-robed monks converging like spokes on an axle; Pu also followed him, the two acting as inside and outside. Knowing that they were not yet on secure ground and fearing they would mislead students, I sent a letter to Tanyi instructing him to ask for leave and come over for a while. Tanyi, fearing gain and loss, delayed his departure. Therefore, taking occasion of an informal gathering, I severely rebuked his faults and posted a notice on the gate to inform the fourfold assembly. Hearing of this, Tanyi had no choice but to break his summer retreat and come. When I questioned him on his realization, it was just as it had been of old, without the slightest difference. Speaking to him in utmost sincerity, I said, 'With such an understanding, how dare you succeed the venerable old Yuanwu? If you truly wish to resolve this matter thoroughly, resign from your monastery and come here.' Tanyi said, 'Yes. At the end of the summer I will return to the hermitage.' Tanyi indeed did not break his word, and arrived together with Pu. Both came into my room, but for a long time neither penetrated its reality. One day I asked Pu: 'Regarding Sansheng and Xinghua's dialogue on