大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.28

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佛眼禪師在五祖時，圓悟舉臨濟云：「第一句下薦得，堪與佛祖為師；第二句下薦得，堪與人天為師；第三句下薦得，自救不了。」一日忽謂圓悟曰：「我舉三句向爾。」以手指屈曰：「此是第二句，第三句已說了。」便走。圓悟舉似五祖，祖曰：「也好聻。」眼乃辭五祖，參歸宗真淨和尚去。後祖謂圓悟曰：「歸宗波瀾闊，弄大旗手段。遠到彼，未必相契。」未數日有書抵圓悟曰：「北到歸宗，偶然漏網。」聞雲居清首座作晦堂真贊曰：「聞時富貴，見後貧窮，頗疑著他。及相見，果契合，踰年復還祖山，眾請秉拂，却說心性禪。」祖曰：「遠却如此說禪，也莫管他。」圓悟和尚嘗參蘄州北烏牙方禪師，佛鑑和尚嘗參東林宣祕度禪師，皆得照覺平實之旨。同到五祖室中，平生所得一句用不著，久之無契悟，皆謂：「五祖強移換他。」出不遜語忿然而去。祖云：「汝去遊浙中，著一頓熱病打時，方思量我在。」圓悟到金山，忽染傷寒困極，移入重病閭，遂以平生參得底禪試之，無一句得力，追繹五祖之語，乃自誓曰：「我病稍間即徑歸五祖。」佛鑒在定慧，亦患傷寒極危。圓悟甦省，經由定慧，拉之同歸淮西，佛鑒尚固執，且令先行。圓悟亟歸祖山，演和尚喜曰：「汝復來耶。」即日參堂，便入侍者寮。經半月偶陳提刑解印還蜀，過山中問道，因語話次，祖曰：「提刑少年曾讀小艶詩否？有兩句頗相近，頻呼小玉元無事，秖要檀郎認得聲。」提刑應喏喏，祖曰：「且子細。」圓悟適自外歸侍立次，問曰：「聞和尚舉小艶詩，提刑會麼？」祖曰：「他秖認得聲。」圓悟曰：「秖要檀郎認得聲，他既認得聲，為什麼却不是？」祖曰：「如何是祖師西來意，庭前柏樹子聻？」圓悟忽有省，遽出去，見雞飛上欄干鼓翅而鳴，復自謂曰：「此豈不是聲？」遂袖香入室通所悟，祖曰：「佛祖大事，非小根劣器所能造詣，吾助汝喜。」祖復遍謂山中耆舊曰：「我侍者參得禪也。」佛鑒和尚自浙中歸祖山，躊躇不肯挂塔，圓悟曰：「我與汝相別纔踰月，比今相見時如何？」鑒曰：「我只疑爾這些子。」遂參堂。一日同圓悟侍祖，因遊山話次舉，東寺和尚問仰山：「汝是甚處人？」仰山曰：「廣南人。」寺曰：「我聞廣南有鎮海明珠，曾收得否？」山曰：「收得。」寺曰：「珠作何色？」仰曰：「白月即現，黑月即隱。」寺曰：「何不呈似老僧？」仰山叉手近前曰：「慧寂昨到溈山被索此珠，直得無言可對、無理可伸。」顧謂佛鑒曰：「既曰收得，逮索此珠時，又曰：『無言可對、無理可伸。』是如何？」佛鑒無語。忽一日謂圓悟曰：「仰山見東寺因緣，我有語也。東寺當時只索一顆珠，仰山當下傾出一栲栳。」圓悟深肯之。

When Chan Master Foyan was at Wuzu's place, Yuanwu brought up Linji's saying: 'Understand at the first phrase, and you are worthy to be a teacher of buddhas and patriarchs; understand at the second phrase, and you are worthy to be a teacher of humans and devas; understand at the third phrase, and you cannot even save yourself.' One day, he suddenly said to Yuanwu, 'I present three phrases to you.' Bending his finger, he said, 'This is the second phrase; the third phrase has already been spoken,' and then ran off. Yuanwu related this to Wuzu, who said, 'Quite good, isn't it?' Foyan then took leave of Wuzu and went to study with Master Zhenjing of Guizong. Later, Wuzu said to Yuanwu, 'Guizong's waves are vast; his method is to brandish a great banner. Even if Yuan goes there, they may not necessarily tally.' Within a few days, a letter reached Yuanwu, saying: 'Travelling north to Guizong, by chance I slipped through the net.' Having heard that Head Monk Qing of Yunju composed a portrait eulogy for Huitang saying, 'Heard of, he is wealthy; seen, he is poor,' he had been rather suspicious of him; but when they met, they indeed tallied. After a year, he returned to Wuzu Mountain. The assembly asked him to hold the whisk, but he spoke of 'mind-nature Chan.' Wuzu said, 'Since Yuan speaks of Chan in this manner, let him be.' Master Yuanwu had once studied with Chan Master Fang of Beiwuya in Qizhou, and Master Fojian had once studied with Chan Master Du of Xuanmi in Donglin; both had grasped the purport of illuminating awakening and even simplicity. Together they went into Wuzu's room, but not a single phrase they had attained in their lives was of any use; for a long time they had no awakening, and both said: 'Wuzu forcibly displaces others.' Uttering disrespectful words, they left in anger. Wuzu said, 'Go wander through Zhejiang; when a bout of hot sickness strikes you, only then will you think of me.' When Yuanwu reached Jinshan, he suddenly contracted a severe typhoid fever and was desperately ill. Moved into the ward for the gravely ill, he then tested it with the Chan he had studied all his life, but not a single phrase had power. Recalling Wuzu's words, he vowed to himself, 'As soon as my illness remits a little, I will return directly to Wuzu.' Fojian, at Dinghui, was also suffering from typhoid fever and was in extreme peril. When Yuanwu revived, he passed through Dinghui and urged him to return together to Huaxi. Fojian was still stubborn and bade him go ahead. Yuanwu rushed back to Wuzu Mountain; Master Yan was delighted and said, 'You have come back!' That very day he entered the hall and then joined the attendants' quarters. Half a month later, it happened that Judicial Commissioner Chen laid down his seal of office to return to Shu, and passed through the mountain to inquire after the Way. In the midst of their conversation, Wuzu said, 'In your youth, did you ever read the Little Romance poems, Judicial Commissioner? There are two lines quite close: "She repeatedly calls Xiaoyu, though there is really nothing the matter; she only wants her lover to recognize her voice."' The Commissioner assented with 'Yes, yes.' Wuzu said, 'Consider it carefully.' Yuanwu happened to return from outside and was standing in attendance; he asked, 'I heard the Master bring up the Little Romance poem; did the Commissioner understand?' Wuzu said, 'He only recognized the voice.' Yuanwu said, '"She only wants her lover to recognize her voice." Since he recognized the voice, why then is it not right?' Wuzu said, 'What is the meaning of the Ancestral Master's coming from the West? The cypress tree in the courtyard!' Yuanwu suddenly had an insight; he hastily went outside, saw a chicken fly up onto the balustrade, beat its wings and crow, and again said to himself, 'Is this not the voice?' He then slipped incense into his sleeve, entered the room, and reported his realization. Wuzu said, 'The great matter of the buddhas and patriarchs cannot be attained by those of inferior faculties and base capacity; I share in your joy.' Wuzu also told all the senior monks on the mountain: 'My attendant has attained Chan.' When Master Fojian returned to Wuzu Mountain from Zhejiang, he hesitated and was unwilling to register his stay. Yuanwu said, 'It has barely been over a month since we parted; compared with now when we meet, how is it?' Jian said, 'It is just this little bit in you that I doubt.' He then entered the hall. One day, while attending Wuzu together with Yuanwu, in the midst of conversation during a mountain walk, [Wuzu] cited: Master Dongsi asked Yangshan, 'Where are you from?' Yangshan said, 'A man of Guangnan.' Dongsi said, 'I hear that in Guangnan there is a sea-calming bright jewel; have you ever obtained it?' Yangshan said, 'I have obtained it.' Dongsi said, 'What color is the jewel?' Yangshan said, 'When the moon is waxing it appears; when the moon is waning it is hidden.' Dongsi said, 'Why not present it to this old monk?' Yangshan clasped his hands, stepped forward, and said, 'Yesterday when Huiji arrived at Weishan, I was asked for this jewel; I was utterly left with no words to reply, no reason to put forward.' Looking at Fojian, [Wuzu] said, 'Since he said he had obtained it, yet when asked for this jewel he said, "I had no words to reply, no reason to put forward"—how is this?' Fojian had nothing to say. Suddenly one day he said to Yuanwu, 'Regarding Yangshan's meeting with Dongsi, I have a word: at that time Dongsi only asked for a single jewel, but Yangshan immediately poured out a whole basketful.' Yuanwu deeply approved of him.