萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 6.47

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師云。仰山七歲入定。見身與教主及迦葉二十七祖等。同會精舍。其堂處空無柱石。地色如瑠璃。覺已與諸祖。同是梵相披金襴。跣足居第八位。一尊者年貌甚高。呼曰瞿曇。某今當法事。仰便下座就揵椎白曰。大眾。淨心摩訶衍法。離四句絕百非。言訖就座。及眾僧。悉商量此釋義耳。仰又自說夢中往彌勒處。安第三座。統要亦云第三座。與本錄同。有一尊者白槌曰。今當第三座說法。山僧乃起白槌云。摩訶衍法。離四句絕百非。諦聽諦聽。梵語摩訶衍那。此云大乘。四句百非。馬祖藏頭白。海頭黑。公案已剖判分明。此不復也。大溈秀曰。依文解義則不無。忽然彌勒會中。有箇作者。纔見伊道摩訶衍法。便云合取兩片皮。非唯止絕仰山𥧌語。亦免使後人夢中說夢。萬松道。大溈若解迴光返照。和萬松無地容身。莫有夢中了了。醉裏醒醒底麼。頌云。

The Master said: At the age of seven, Yangshan entered samādhi. He saw himself together with the Lord of the Teaching, Kāśyapa, the twenty-seven patriarchs, and others, gathered in a vihāra. The hall hung in empty space without pillars or foundation stones, and the ground had the colour of lapis lazuli. Upon waking, he found himself, like the patriarchs, endowed with pure Brahmanical marks, clad in a golden brocade robe, and seated barefoot in the eighth position. A venerable elder of very great age called out, saying, “Gautama! Today you are to conduct the Dharma service.” Yangshan then descended from his seat, approached the sounding block, and announced, “Great assembly! The pure-minded Mahāyāna Dharma departs from the four propositions and cuts off the hundred negations.” Having finished speaking, he returned to his seat, whereupon the assembly of monks all discussed and analyzed the meaning of this explanation. Yangshan also said of himself that in a dream he went to Maitreya's abode and was placed in the third seat. The Tongyao also says the third seat, which agrees with his original record. A venerable elder struck the gavel and said, “Today it falls to the third seat to preach the Dharma.” Yangshan then arose, struck the gavel, and said, “The Mahāyāna Dharma departs from the four propositions and cuts off the hundred negations. Listen attentively! Listen attentively!” In Sanskrit it is Mahāyāna, which is translated here as Great Vehicle. As for the four propositions and hundred negations, the gong'an of Mazu with “the head of the sūtra-closet is white, the head of Baizhang is black” has already dissected and analyzed them clearly, so it will not be repeated here. Dahui Xiu said: “Following the text to explain the meaning is not without merit; but if suddenly, amid Maitreya’s assembly, an adept had appeared who, the moment he heard him say ‘The Mahāyāna Dharma’, said, ‘Shut those two lips!’, this would not only put an end to Yangshan's talking in his sleep, but would also spare later generations from telling dreams within a dream.” Wansong says: If Dahui knew how to turn his light around and shine it back, even Wansong would have no ground on which to set foot. Is there anyone here who is completely clear within a dream, fully sober within drunkenness? The verse says: