虛堂和尚語錄 9.45

9.45

上堂，舉：「朝奉郭功甫，請五祖演和尚上堂，朝奉先於法座前燒香云：『此一瓣香，爇向爐中，為光明雲，遍滿法界，供養我堂頭師兄禪師，伏願於此雲中方廣座上，擘開面門，放出先師形相，與他諸人描邈。何以如此？白雲巖畔舊相逢，往日今朝事不同，夜靜水寒魚不食，一爐香散白蓮峯。』祖乃云：『曩謨薩怛多鉢囉野，恁麼恁麼，幾度白雲溪上望，黃梅花向雪中開。不恁麼不恁麼，嫩柳條金線，且要應時來。不見龐居士問馬大師云：「不與萬法為侶者是什麼人？」大師云：「待汝一口吸盡西江水，即向汝道。」大眾，一口吸盡西江水，萬丈深潭窮到底，𭛵彴不是趙州橋，明月清風安可比。』」師拈云：「者般說話，有甚捉摸處，盡從無依無欲中流出此三昧。或者道：『棊逢敵手，琴遇知音。』誰便不與麼道？待虛堂換劫骨頭，却許爾者一轉語。」

Ascending the hall, he cited: "Court Gentleman Guo Gongfu invited Upādhyāya Wuzu Fayan to ascend the hall. The Court Gentleman first burned incense before the Dharma throne and said: 'This piece of incense, burned in the censer, becomes a cloud of radiance permeating the Dharma realm, offered to our monastery abbot, elder Dharma brother and Chan master. I humbly pray that upon this broad throne within the cloud, you break open your face and release the form of our late master to depict it for everyone. Why is this? / Formerly we met beside the White Cloud Crag; / past days and today, affairs are not the same. / In the quiet night and cold water, the fish do not bite; / a censer of incense disperses over White Lotus Peak.' / Wuzu then said: 'Namo sattata prabhāya. Like this, like this: / How many times looking out over the White Cloud Creek, / yellow plum blossoms blooming in the snow. / Not like this, not like this: / The tender willow twigs, golden threads, / must arrive in due season. / Have you not seen Layman Pang asking Great Master Ma: "Who is the person who is not a companion to the ten thousand dharmas?" The Great Master said: "Wait until you swallow the water of the West River in a single gulp, then I will tell you." Assembly, swallowing the water of the West River in a single gulp, the ten-thousand-fathom deep pool is plumbed to the bottom. A single plank is not Zhaozhou's bridge; how could the bright moon and cool breeze compare?'" The master took this up and said: "In such talk, what is there to grasp? It all flows out of this samādhi of non-reliance and desirelessness. Someone may say: 'A chess player meets his match; the lute encounters a connoisseur.' Who would not say so? Wait until Xutang changes the bones of an eon, and then I will grant you this turning phrase."