禪關策進 1.150

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毒峯善禪師。在淯溪進關。不設臥榻。惟置一橙。以悟為則。一夕昏睡。不覺夜半。乃去橙。晝夜行立。又倚壁睡去誓不傍壁。遼空而行。身力疲勞。睡魔愈重。號泣佛前。百計逼拶。遂得工夫日進。聞鍾聲。忽不自由。偈示。沈沈寂寂絕施為。觸著無端。吼似雷。動地一聲消息盡。髑髏粉碎夢初回。

Chan Master Dufeng Benshan entered seclusion at Yuxi. He did not set up a bed, but placed only a single stool, taking awakening as his sole standard. One night, falling into a drowsy slumber, he did not realize it was already midnight; thereupon he removed the stool, walking and standing day and night. Leaning against a wall, he fell asleep again, so he vowed never to come near a wall and walked in the open space. His physical strength exhausted, the demon of sleep grew even heavier; weeping aloud before the Buddha, he pressed himself with a hundred devices. Thereupon his practice made daily progress. Hearing the sound of a bell, he was suddenly swept beyond self-control, and demonstrated it with a verse: / 'Deep, silent, and still, all contrivance cut off; / Touched unexpectedly, it roars like thunder. / An earth-shaking sound brings all reports to an end; / The skull shatters to powder, and from the dream one first awakes.'