大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.34

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泐潭深和尚，河東人，真淨之子，有悟侍者，偶在知客寮，見掉下火柴頭忽然有省，直上方丈通所悟，深和尚喝出，自爾失心，引繩於延壽堂東司自縊。夜後常在藏院知客寮東司三處出沒，移鞋度瓶，一眾苦之。湛堂遊浙回，充首座，聞其事，中夜故入延壽堂東司抽脫，壁燈微明忽然撲滅，方脫衣，悟便提水瓶至，湛堂云：「未要，且待我脫衣。」脫衣罷，便接瓶子去，當時悟自縊間抽脫，須臾又送籌子來，及出喚云：「接瓶去。」悟纔接，捉住摸其手，或似軟或似硬，問曰：「汝是悟侍者麼？汝便是當時在知客寮，見掉下火柴頭有省處底麼？參禪學道秖要知本命元辰下落處，汝在藏殿移端首座鞋履，豈不是汝當時悟得底，又在知客寮移枕子，豈不是汝當時悟得底，逐夜在此與人提瓶度水，豈不是汝當時悟得底，因甚不知落處，秖管在這裏惱亂大眾作麼？我明日勸大眾為汝看藏經，裒錢設粥追悼汝，汝當別求出離，不得滯著於此。」言訖乃推一推，如瓦礫塔子倒，索然有聲，由是絕跡。湛堂一臂冷如氷，踰半月方平復，蓋非人附陰，而至冷氣侵人如此。

Master Shen of Letan was a native of Hedong, a dharma heir of Zhenjing. He had an attendant named Wu who happened to be in the guest hall; seeing a firewood end drop down, he suddenly had an awakening. He went straight up to the abbot's quarters to report what he had awakened to, but Master Shen shouted him out. From then on, he lost his mind, took a rope, and hanged himself in the latrine of the Life-Prolonging Hall. At night, he frequently appeared and disappeared in three places—the canon library, the guest hall, and the latrine—moving shoes and handing over water pitchers, which troubled the entire assembly. When Zhantang returned from traveling in Zhejiang and served as head monk, he heard about this matter. In the middle of the night, he purposely went into the latrine of the Life-Prolonging Hall to relieve himself. The wall lamp was faintly glowing and suddenly blew out. Just as he was taking off his robe, Wu brought the water pitcher. Zhantang said, "Not yet; wait until I take off my robe." After taking off his robe, he took the pitcher; at the moment he relieved himself where Wu had hanged himself, Wu in a short while also brought the toilet sticks. When he came out, [Zhantang] called out, "Take the pitcher." Just as Wu received it, [Zhantang] seized and felt his hand—it seemed soft at times and hard at times. He asked, "Are you Attendant Wu? Are you the one who had an awakening when you saw the firewood end fall in the guest hall back then? In investigating Chan and studying the Way, one only needs to know the destination of one's fundamental life and primal star. When you move Head Monk Duan's shoes in the canon hall, is that not what you awakened to back then? When you move pillows in the guest hall, is that not what you awakened to back then? When you carry pitchers and pass water to people here night after night, is that not what you awakened to back then? Why do you not know your destination, and do nothing but constantly harass the great assembly here? Tomorrow I will urge the assembly to recite the canon for you, gather money to prepare congee to commemorate you; you should seek a separate departure and must not remain stuck here." Having finished speaking, he gave a push; with a rustling sound, like a miniature stupa of rubble collapsing, [the ghost] vanished without a trace from then on. One of Zhantang's arms was cold as ice, and only recovered after more than half a month. This was because non-human spirits adhere to yin, and thus the cold qi invaded a person to such a degree.