萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 6.65

6.65

The Master said: Chan Master Shizu of Yunjishan in the Zhongnan Mountains was a Dharma heir of Nanquan. Tiantong mistakenly took him for Luzu; let us distinguish it here, and students should know this. Furthermore, Chan Master Baoyun of Mount Luzu in Chizhou was a Dharma heir of Mazu, an elder Dharma brother to Nanquan. What is more, Nanquan addressed Shizu by name, and he awakened through this gong'an; he was beyond doubt Nanquan's descendant. At first he asked Nanquan: '"The maṇi jewel people do not recognize; in the tathāgatagarbha it is personally retrieved."' These words originally come from Chan Master Yongjia's Zhengdao ge. Master Qi of Fantian commented: 'In Sanskrit maṇi means "as-one-wishes" (ruyi); it also means "immaculate radiance," and also "growth."' The Laṅkāvatāra-sūtra says: 'Quiescence is called the One Mind; the One Mind is called the tathāgatagarbha. It possesses three meanings: first, concealment, because it conceals the Tathāgata; second, inclusion, because it includes all sentient beings and lands; third, generation, because it can produce the path and conduct of uncorrupted causes and effects of humans and devas.' The first concerns the time of delusion; the latter concerns the time of awakening; the middle directly points to the substance itself. Also, the Śrīmālādevī-sūtra has two kinds of tathāgatagarbha: first, the empty tathāgatagarbha, detached from all defilements; second, the non-empty tathāgatagarbha, endowed with inconceivable Buddha-dharmas exceeding the sands of the Ganges. When Chan Master Shizu of Yunjishan in the Zhongnan Mountains was first with Nanquan, he asked about 'the maṇi jewel people do not recognize,' and also asked about the jewel. Nanquan said, 'Go! You do not understand my words.' From this Shizu had faith and entered. National Teacher Yuantong said, 'Nowadays is there still anyone who has faith and enters? If there is, when Xiangwang arrives the radiance is dazzling; if not, where Li Lou walks the waves surge to the heavens.' Foguo said, 'The entire great earth is the tathāgatagarbha; where will you place the jewel? The entire great earth is the maṇi jewel; what do you call the treasury?' Xuedou said differently: 'Perilous! Performing acrobatics atop a hundred-foot pole is not the work of a master hand.' If you can set an eye here, host and guest exchanging positions, you will be able to enter deep into the tiger's cave. Otherwise, even if Shizu had an awakening, it would still be a dragon's head and a snake's tail. If you want to see head and tail complete, you must look to Venerable Tiantong. The verse says: