萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.19

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師云。飛山法師戒珠。作別傳心法議。毀斥南泉曰。若願輩。不嗜學不知本。不足以語如來教。無盡燈附集依通。率易辯敘南泉初習律。次聽華嚴楞伽。入中百門觀。聞馬祖傳言外道。屢扣其旨頓獲忘筌。一日行粥。馬祖問。桶裏是甚麼。泉曰。這老漢合取口。作恁麼語話。泉臨機不讓馬祖。如此後來。却向趙州手裏償債。泉問座主。涅盤經以何為極則。主曰。以如如為極則。泉云。喚作如如早是變也。今時沙門須向異類中行始得。趙州於僧堂前問。異則不問。如何是類。泉乃兩手托地。州以脚一踏。泉便倒地。州走入延壽寮。叫云悔悔。泉令侍者問州。悔箇甚麼。州云。悔不更與兩踏。泉上堂云。王老師自小。養一頭水牯牛。擬向溪東牧。不免食他國家水草。溪西牧亦不免食他國家水草。如今不免隨分納些子。總不見得。泉一日見浴主燒浴云。齋後請水牯牛浴。浴主去請。泉云。將得繩索來麼。州以手拽泉鼻。泉云。是即是太麁生。州問。知有底人向甚麼處去。泉云。向山前檀越家。作一頭水牯牛去。州云。謝師指示。泉云。昨夜三更月到窓。泉將順世。首座問。和尚百年後向何處去。泉云。山下作一頭水牯牛去。座云。某甲隨和尚去得否。泉云。汝若隨我。須㘅取一莖草來。此異類話。南泉首唱。溈山和之。道吾雲巖傳授。今為曹山三墮。道吾到南泉。泉問。闍梨名甚麼。吾云。宗智。泉云。智不到處作麼生宗。吾云。切忌道著。泉云。灼然道著即頭角生。三日後與雲巖。在後架把針次。泉過乃問。前日道智不到處切忌道著。道著即頭角生。合作麼生行履。吾便抽身入僧堂。泉便去。巖問吾。師弟適來為甚。不祗對和尚。吾云。爾得恁麼靈利。巖不薦。却去問泉云。適來公案。智頭陀作。麼不祗對和尚。泉云。他却是異類中行。巖云。如何是異類中行。泉云。不見道。智不到處切忌道著。道著即頭角生。直須向異類中行。巖亦不會。吾知巖不薦乃云。此人緣不在此。便同迴藥山。巖遂舉前話。山云。子作麼生。會他這箇時節。便迴來。巖無對。山乃大笑。巖便問。如何是異類中行。山云。吾今日困。別時來。巖云。某甲特為此事歸來。山云。且去。巖便出。吾在方丈外。聞巖不薦。不覺咬得指頭血出。却下來問。師兄問和尚那因緣。作麼生。巖云。和尚不為某甲說。吾便低頭。二人侍立。山問智不到處切忌道著道著即頭角生。吾便珍重出去。巖遂問山。智師弟為甚麼。不祗對和尚。山云。我今日背痛。是他却會。爾去問取。巖遂問。師弟適來為甚麼。不祗對和尚。吾云。我今日頭痛。爾去問取和尚。后雲巖遷化。遣人馳辭書至。吾覽後曰。雲巖不知有。悔當時不向伊道。然雖如是。要且不違藥山之子。玄覺云。古人恁麼道。還知有也未。雲巖當時不會。甚麼處是不會處。翠巖芝云。道吾道。雲巖不知有。悔當時不向伊道。只如恁麼道。道吾還知有也無。萬松道。雲巖為洞山之師。一派之源。再四再三。不知有此事。萬松具錄。也要與後人傍。參助一半力。豈唯雲巖不知有。翠巖芝道。道吾還知有也無。萬松道。非但道吾。翠巖還知有也未。不見。僧問長沙。為甚三世諸佛不知有。沙云。未入鹿苑時。猶較些子。僧云。狸奴白牯。為甚麼却知有。沙云。汝爭怪得伊。萬松到此只可傍觀。大小天童讚歎有分。頌云。

The Master said: Master Jiezhu of Mount Feishan wrote the Discussion on the Mind Dharma Transmitted Separately, in which he censured Nanquan, saying, 'People like Yuan do not love learning and do not know the root; they are not fit to speak of the Tathāgata's teachings.' In the Appendices to the Lamp of the Inexhaustible, relying on conventional understanding, he hastily argued and recounted: Nanquan initially studied the Vinaya, next listened to the Avataṃsaka and the Laṅkāvatāra, and entered the contemplations of the Madhyamaka- and Śata-śāstras. Hearing that Mazu transmitted the Way outside the words, he repeatedly inquired into his purport and suddenly attained forgetting the fish-trap. One day while distributing congee, Mazu asked, 'What is in the bucket?' Quan said, 'This old fellow should shut his mouth! Why make such talk?' Quan did not yield to Mazu in sharp dynamic; being like this, he later had to repay his debt into Zhaozhou's hands. Quan asked a lecturer, 'What does the Nirvāṇa Sūtra take as the ultimate standard?' The lecturer said, 'It takes thusness as the ultimate standard.' Quan said, 'Calling it thusness is already changing it. These days, a śramaṇa must move among different species before he can get it.' In front of the Monks' Hall, Zhaozhou asked, 'I do not ask about "different"; what is "species"?' Quan then supported himself on the ground with both hands. Zhou kicked him with his foot, and Quan fell to the ground. Zhou ran into the Longevity Hall and shouted, 'I regret it, I regret it!' Quan ordered his attendant to ask Zhou, 'What do you regret?' Zhou said, 'I regret not giving him two more kicks.' Quan entered the hall and said, 'Since childhood, Old Master Wang has raised a water buffalo. Intending to graze it east of the brook, it cannot avoid eating that state's water and grass; grazing it west of the brook, it also cannot avoid eating that state's water and grass. Nowadays, it cannot avoid paying a little according to its lot, yet it is nowhere to be seen.' One day Quan saw the bath-master heating water for the bath and said, 'After the meal, invite the water buffalo to take a bath.' The bath-master went to invite him. Quan said, 'Did you bring a rope?' Zhou grabbed Quan's nose with his hand. Quan said, 'That's it, but it is too crude!' Zhou asked, 'Where does a person who knows it is there go?' Quan said, 'He goes to the patron's house before the mountain to become a water buffalo.' Zhou said, 'I thank the Master for your instruction.' Quan said, 'Last night at the third watch, the moon reached the window.' When Quan was about to pass away, the head monk asked, 'After your hundred years, Venerable Sir, where will you go?' Quan said, 'I will go beneath the mountain to become a water buffalo.' The head monk said, 'May I follow you, Venerable Sir?' Quan said, 'If you follow me, you must bring a stalk of grass in your mouth.' This talk of 'different species' was first led by Nanquan, harmonized by Guishan, and transmitted by Daowu and Yunyan; today it constitutes Caoshan's three fallings. When Daowu arrived at Nanquan's, Quan asked, 'What is the Ācārya's name?' Wu said, 'Zongzhi.' Quan said, 'Where wisdom does not reach, how can one take it as the source?' Wu said, 'Be sure not to speak of it!' Quan said, 'Truly, if you speak of it, horns will grow on your head!' Three days later, while Wu was handling a needle with Yunyan behind the latrine, Quan passed by and asked, 'The other day you said, "Where wisdom does not reach, be sure not to speak of it; if you speak of it, horns will grow on your head." How should one practice?' Wu then pulled himself away and entered the Monks' Hall; Quan then left. Yan asked Wu, 'Junior Brother, why did you not reply to the Venerable Sir just now?' Wu said, 'How could you be so clever?' Yan did not get it; instead, he went and asked Quan, 'Regarding the case just now, why did Dhūta Zhi not reply to the Venerable Sir?' Quan said, 'He, on the contrary, moves among different species.' Yan said, 'What is moving among different species?' Quan said, 'Haven't you heard it said: "Where wisdom does not reach, be sure not to speak of it; if you speak of it, horns will grow on your head"? You must go straight into moving among different species.' Yan still did not understand. Wu knew Yan did not get it and said, 'This person's conditions are not here.' Then they returned together to Yaoshan. Yan then raised the previous conversation. Yaoshan said, 'How did you understand that season of his, such that you returned?' Yan had no reply. Yaoshan then laughed heartily. Yan then asked, 'What is moving among different species?' Yaoshan said, 'I am tired today; come back another time.' Yan said, 'I returned especially for this matter.' Yaoshan said, 'Leave for now.' Yan then went out. Outside the Abbot's Room, Wu heard that Yan did not get it; without realizing it, he bit his finger until it bled. He then came down and asked, 'Senior Brother, what happened with that case you asked the Venerable Sir?' Yan said, 'The Venerable Sir did not explain it to me.' Wu then lowered his head. The two stood in attendance. Yaoshan asked, '"Where wisdom does not reach, be sure not to speak of it; if you speak of it, horns will grow on your head."' Wu immediately said, 'Take care,' and went out. Yan then asked Yaoshan, 'Why did Junior Brother Zhi not reply to the Venerable Sir?' Yaoshan said, 'My back aches today. He, however, understands; go ask him.' Yan then asked, 'Junior Brother, why did you not reply to the Venerable Sir just now?' Wu said, 'My head aches today; go ask the Venerable Sir.' Later, when Yunyan passed away, he sent someone speeding with a letter of farewell. After reading it, Wu said, 'Yunyan did not know it is there; I regret not having told him at that time. Nevertheless, in the end he did not violate being a son of Yaoshan.' Xuanjue said, 'The ancient spoke like this; did he still know it is there or not? Yunyan did not understand at that time; what was the place of not understanding?' Cuiyan Zhi said, 'Daowu said, "Yunyan did not know it is there; I regret not having told him at that time." Just speaking like this, did Daowu still know it is there or not?' Wansong says: Yunyan was the teacher of Dongshan and the source of a whole lineage; yet three times and four times he did not know there is this matter. Wansong records it completely, wanting also to give later people half a share of help in their side-inquiry. Is it only Yunyan who did not know it is there? Cuiyan Zhi said, 'Did Daowu still know it is there or not?' Wansong says: Not only Daowu—did Cuiyan still know it is there or not? Have you not seen: A monk asked Changsha, 'Why do the buddhas of the three periods not know it is there?' Sha said, 'Before entering the Deer Park, it was still a bit better.' The monk said, 'Why, on the contrary, do cats and white water buffaloes know it is there?' Sha said, 'How can you blame them?' When Wansong comes to this point, he can only look on from the side. Great or small, Tiantong has a share in praising it. The verse says: