萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.56

3.56

The Master said: When Luopu was about to pass away, his grandmotherly heart was too earnest. The head monk poured out his feelings completely, but in return was rebuked as being unseasonable. Yancong did not let anything slip beyond his lips, and Luopu granted that he ought to understand. He fished and dredged repeatedly, but pitiably, Cong remained sunken and buried all along. Kebin willingly paid the fine for rice gruel; the blind ass deliberately extinguished the True Dharma Eye. Xuanjue said, "Tell me, did Senior Monk Cong truly not understand, or was he afraid that the bowl bag would cling to him?" Therefore, the lamp records include Cong in the ranks of the Dharma heirs. Luopu once instructed the assembly, saying, "You must understand the principle beyond the words; do not take rules from within speech." A monk asked, "What is it like when walking in the inconceivable?" Luopu said, "The green mountains are constantly lifting their feet; the bright sun does not shift its wheel." Testing by this, the head monk and Elder Cong can be clearly seen. In Luopu's quarter, was there anyone to take up the succession or not? A hundred years later, there is Tiantong. His verse says: