大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.54

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清素首座，閩人，依慈明十三載，年八十寓湖湘鹿苑，未始與人交，人莫知之。偶從悅首座，處州人，與之隣居。悅因食蜜漬荔枝，素過門，悅呼曰：「此老人鄉果，可同食也。」素曰：「自先師亡後，不得此食久矣。」悅問曰：「先師為誰？」素曰：「慈明也。」悅乃疑駭，遂饋以餘果。稍稍親之，素後問曰：「子所見何人？」悅曰：「洞山文和尚。」又曰：「文見何人？」悅云：「南和尚。」素曰：「南匾頭見先師不久，後法道大振如此。」悅益異之。一日持香詣素作禮，素避曰：「吾以福薄，先師受記不許為人。」於是經月餘，憐悅之誠，乃曰：「子平生知解，試語我看。」悅具通所見，素曰：「可能入佛，不能入魔。」又曰：「末後一句始到牢關。」如是半載，素方印可，仍戒之曰：「文示子者，皆正知見，吾雖為子點破，使子受用自在，恐子離師太早，不能盡其道，他日切勿嗣吾。」後出世嗣真淨，乃兜率悅是也。

Head Monk Qingsu was a native of Min who stayed with Ciming for thirteen years. At the age of eighty he lodged at Luxuan in Lake Xiang, never having begun to socialize with others, so that no one knew him. By chance he lived as a neighbor to Head Monk Yue, a man from Chuzhou. When Yue was eating honey-preserved lychees, Su passed by the doorway. Yue called out, "These are fruits from your venerable home region; we can share them." Su said, "Since my late teacher passed away, I have not had this food for a long time." Yue asked, "Who was your late teacher?" Su said, "Ciming." Yue was filled with doubt and astonishment, and thereupon gave him some leftover fruit. Gradually becoming closer to him, Su later asked, "Whom have you seen?" Yue said, "Master Wen of Dongshan." He also asked, "Whom did Wen see?" Yue said, "Master Nan." Su said, "Flat-headed Nan did not see my late teacher for long, yet afterwards his way of the Dharma flourished greatly like this." Yue marveled at him all the more. One day, carrying incense, he went to Su and bowed in homage. Su shunned him, saying, "Because of my meager merit, my late teacher gave me a prophecy of enlightenment that forbade me from instructing others." Thereupon, after more than a month had passed, pitying Yue's sincerity, he said, "Try telling me what you have understood throughout your life, and let me see." Yue recounted in full what he had seen. Su said, "You are able to enter the buddhas, but unable to enter the māras." He also said, "Only at the final turning word does one arrive at the iron barrier." After half a year like this, Su finally gave him seal of approval, and moreover admonished him, saying, "What Wen showed you were all correct views and understanding. Although I have pointed out the truth for you so that you may enjoy functional ease, I fear that leaving your master too early will prevent you from exhausting his way. In the future, by no means become my heir." Later, when he assumed the abbacy, he succeeded Zhenjing; this was Doushuai Yue.