[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004) › 1.113 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.113 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.113 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.113) 師云。飢者易為食。渴者易為飲。是以三家五請。菩薩上堂。半偈全身。夜叉陞座。豈悕法哉。黃龍南禪師云。蓋今之人。容易輕法者眾。欲如田夫時時乾之。令其枯渴。然後溉灌方得秀實也。藥山久不陞座。又且不然。覺範道。一菴深藏霹靂舌。從教萬象自分說。永嘉道。默時說。說時默。大施門開無壅塞。院主頭頭蹉過。白云。大眾久思示誨。請和尚為眾說法。仁義道中。主賓分上。也未為分外。山令打鐘。只見雷霆施號令。眾方集。豈知星斗煥文章。山陞座良久下座歸方丈。一上神通。不同小小。主隨後問云。和尚適來許為眾說法。云何不垂一言。翠巖芝云。藥山下座。院主當初怪不為眾說法。可謂誤他三軍。萬松道。正是將頭不猛。山云。經有經師。論有論師。爭怪得老僧。瑯琊覺云。藥山下座不妨疑著。及乎院主拶著。失却一隻眼。萬松道。再得完全能幾箇。而不知換得兩隻眼。雪竇道。可惜藥山老漢。平地喫交。盡大地人扶不起。萬松道。和尚也須出隻手。無餘頌云。丈室未離已喫交。悄然歸去轉無憀。經師論師猶相告。一欵分明便自招。萬松道。曹司易勘。公案未圓。解與天童。如何判斷。頌云。 > The Master said: To the hungry, eating comes easily; to the thirsty, drinking comes easily. For this reason, after the three requests and five entreaties, the Bodhisattva took the high seat; for half a verse with his whole body, the yakṣa ascended the seat. How could this be out of longing for the Dharma? Chan Master Huanglong Nan said, "Because among the people of today, many take the Dharma lightly and easily, one should act like a farmer who constantly dries \[the field\] to make it parched, and only after irrigating it will it produce grain and bear fruit." That Yaoshan did not ascend the seat for a long time was indeed not like that. Juefan said: "A single hermitage deeply conceals the thunderous tongue, / Letting the myriad phenomena explain themselves." Yongjia said: "Speaking when silent, silent when speaking; / The gate of great giving is thrown wide without blockage." The director of the monastery missed it at every turn, saying, "The assembly has long hoped for instruction; please, Venerable, preach the Dharma for the assembly." In terms of benevolence and righteousness, and in the division of host and guest, this was not beyond his bounds. Yaoshan ordered the bell to be struck—only the thunderbolts issuing commands were seen. The assembly just gathered—how could they know the stars and constellations were gleaming with pattern? Yaoshan ascended the seat, sat for a long while, descended the seat, and returned to the abbot's quarters. This single display of spiritual power was no small matter. The director followed behind and asked, "Just now the Venerable consented to preach the Dharma for the assembly; why did you not drop a single word?" Cuiyan Zhi said, "When Yaoshan descended the seat, the director initially blamed him for not preaching the Dharma for the assembly; this can truly be called misleading the three armies." Wansong says: Truly, the general at the head was not fierce. Yaoshan said, "For sūtras there are sūtra masters; for treatises there are treatise masters. How can you blame this old monk?" Langya Jue said, "When Yaoshan descended the seat, it certainly warranted doubt; but when pressed by the director, he lost an eye." Wansong says: How many can regain it completely? Yet he did not know that two eyes were exchanged. Xuedou said, "What a pity that the old fellow Yaoshan stumbled on flat ground; everyone on the whole earth could not help him up!" Wansong says: The Venerable should also have lent a hand. Wuyu's verse says: "Before leaving the abbot's room, he had already stumbled; / Quietly returning, he became even more forlorn. / Still telling of sūtra masters and treatise masters, / With one clear testimony, he confessed on his own." Wansong says: The official easily investigated it, but the case is not yet complete. I remit it to Tiantong; how does he judge it? The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.112) - [Next: 1.114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.114) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.1.113) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.18) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.113) · Pramāṇa