佛祖歷代通載 13.9

13.9

（六　丙辰）　嵩嶽元珪禪師示寂。師居嶽之龐塢。一日有異人。峨冠盛服擁衛而至。珪曰。善來仁者。胡為而至。彼厲聲曰。師寧識我耶。珪曰。吾觀佛與眾生等吾一目之。豈分別耶。曰我此嶽神也。能生殺於人。師安得一目我哉。珪曰。吾本不生。汝安能殺。吾視身與空等。視吾與汝等。汝能壞空與汝乎。使果能之。吾則不生不滅也。況汝不能。焉能生殺我耶。神稽首曰。我聰明正直過於餘神。詎知師有廣大智慧。願授以正戒令我度世。珪曰。汝既乞戒。即既戒矣。所以者何。戒外無戒。又奚戒哉。神曰。此理也我聞茫昧。止求師戒。我身願為門弟子。珪即張座秉爐正几曰。付汝五戒。若能即曰能。不爾即曰否。神曰。謹奉教。曰汝能不婬乎。神曰。亦娶也。曰非謂此也。謂無羅欲也。神曰能。曰汝能不盜乎。神曰。無乏我也。安有盜取哉。曰非謂此也。謂饗而福淫不供而禍善。神曰能。曰汝能不殺乎。神曰。實司其柄。焉得不殺。曰非謂此也。謂有濫誤疑混也。神曰能。曰汝能不妄乎。神曰。我惟正直。焉有妄哉。曰非謂此也。謂先後不合天心也。神曰能。曰汝不遭酒敗乎。曰能。曰如上是為佛戒也。以有心奉持而無心拘執。以有心為物而無心想身。能如是則先天地生而不為精。後天地死而不為老。終日變化而不為動。畢竟寂滅而不為休。悟此則雖娶非妻也。雖饗非取也。雖柄非權也。雖作非故也。雖醉非惛也。是謂無心而已。無心則無戒。無戒則無心。無佛無眾生。無汝亦無我。無汝則孰為戒哉。神曰。我神通去佛幾何。曰汝神通則十句五不能。佛則十句七能三不能。神竦然辟席曰。可得聞乎。珪曰。汝能戾上帝東天行而西七曜乎。曰弗能也。珪曰。汝能奪地祇融五嶽而結四海乎。曰弗能也。珪曰。是謂五不能也。佛能空一切相成萬法智。而不能即滅定業。佛能知群有性窮億劫事。而不能化導無緣。佛能度無量有情。而不能盡眾生界。是謂三不能也。然定業亦不牢久。無緣亦謂一期。眾生界本無增減。廓無一人能主有法。有法無主是謂無法。無法無主是謂無心。如我解佛。亦無神通也。但能以無心通達一切法耳。神曰。我誠淺昧。未聞空義。師所授戒我當奉行。今願報慈德効我所能。師曰。吾觀身無物。觀法無常。了然更有何欲。神曰。師必命我為世間事展我神功。使已發心未發心信心不信心等人目我神蹤知有佛有神有能有不能有自然有非自然者。師曰。吾無用是為。曰佛亦使龍神護法。師寧墮叛佛耶。第隨意示誨。師不得已曰。東岩寺之障。莾然無樹。北岫有之。然而背非屏擁。汝能移北樹於東嶺乎。神曰。既聞命矣。恐昏夜必有喧動。願師無駭。即作禮辭去。使門人送而且觀之。見儀衛逶迤如王者之狀。嵐靄煙霞紛綸間錯。幢幡環佩凌空隱沒。是夕果有暴風迅雷奔雲震電。棟宇搖蕩宿鳥驚呼。師謂眾曰。無怖神與我契矣拂旦和霽則北山之松盡移東嶺。森然行植焉。師誡其徒曰。吾沒後無令外知。若為口實人將妖我矣。師伊闕人。姓李氏。幼歲出家具戒得法于老安國師。壽七十有三云。

(6. Bing-chen [716 CE]) Chan Master Yuangui of Songyue passed away. The master resided at Pangwu on the mountain. One day, an extraordinary being, wearing a high cap and splendid garments, arrived surrounded by guards. Gui said: "Welcome, benevolent one. Why have you come?" The being shouted sternly: "Does the Master not recognize me?" Gui said: "I regard buddhas and sentient beings as equal; I see them with one eye. How could I make distinctions?" He said: "I am the god of this mountain; I hold the power of life and death over human beings. How can the Master see me with one eye?" Gui said: "I was originally never born; how could you kill me? I see my body as equal to empty space; I see myself as equal to you. Can you destroy empty space and yourself? Even if you truly could, I am neither born nor destroyed. How much less when you cannot; how then could you give me life or death?" The god bowed his head and said: "I am bright, wise, and upright, surpassing other gods; how could I have known that the Master possesses such vast and great wisdom? I pray you bestow upon me the correct precepts so that I may be delivered from the world." Gui said: "Since you have asked for the precepts, you have already received the precepts. Why is that? Outside the precepts, there are no precepts; what more is there to receive as precepts?" The god said: "This principle is dark and dim to my understanding. I only seek the Master's precepts, and I wish to become your disciple." Gui thereupon arranged a seat, held an incense burner, adjusted his table, and said: "I transmit to you the five precepts. If you are capable, say 'capable'; if not, say 'not.'" The god said: "I respectfully receive your teaching." Gui said: "Can you abstain from sexual misconduct?" The god said: "I also take a wife." Gui said: "That is not what is meant; it means to have no entangling desires." The god said: "I can." Gui said: "Can you abstain from stealing?" The god said: "I lack for nothing; how could I steal?" Gui said: "That is not what is meant; it means not to bless the licentious when offered sacrifice, nor to bring disaster upon the good when not offered sacrifice." The god said: "I can." Gui said: "Can you abstain from killing?" The god said: "I hold the authority over this; how could I not kill?" Gui said: "That is not what is meant; it means not to act wantonly, mistakenly, doubtfully, or confusedly." The god said: "I can." Gui said: "Can you abstain from false speech?" The god said: "I am solely upright; how could I speak falsely?" Gui said: "That is not what is meant; it means not to act inconsistently with the Mind of Heaven." The god said: "I can." Gui said: "Can you not suffer ruin through alcohol?" The god said: "I can." Gui said: "The above are the Buddha's precepts. Uphold them with mind, yet without a mind that clings. Act for sentient beings with mind, yet without a mind conceiving of a self. If you can be like this, then you will be born before Heaven and Earth without being pure essence; you will die after Heaven and Earth without growing old; you will transform all day without moving; and you will be ultimately quiescent without ceasing. Awakened to this, though you marry, she is no wife; though you receive sacrifice, it is not taking; though you hold authority, it is not power; though you act, it is not contrivance; though you be drunk, it is not confusion. This is simply called 'no-mind.' When there is no-mind, there are no precepts; when there are no precepts, there is no-mind. There is neither buddha nor sentient being; there is neither you nor I. When there is no you, who is it that takes the precepts?" The god said: "How far is my supernatural power from that of a buddha?" Gui said: "As for your supernatural power, among ten phrases, five are impossible for you; as for a buddha, among ten phrases, seven are possible and three are impossible." The god straightened up in awe, stepped back from his mat, and said: "May I hear of this?" Gui said: "Can you oppose the Sovereign on High by causing the heavens to travel eastward and the seven luminaries westward?" He said: "I cannot." Gui said: "Can you seize the terrestrial deities, dissolve the five sacred peaks, and freeze the four seas?" He said: "I cannot." Gui said: "These are the five impossibilities. A buddha can make all marks empty and achieve the wisdom of the myriad dharmas, yet cannot instantly extinguish fixed karma. A buddha can know the natures of all beings and fathom the events of hundreds of millions of kalpas, yet cannot transform and guide those who lack conditions. A buddha can liberate immeasurable sentient beings, yet cannot empty the realm of sentient beings. These are called the three impossibilities. However, fixed karma is not enduring, lacking conditions also refers only to a single period, and the realm of sentient beings originally undergoes neither increase nor decrease. Vast and empty, not a single person can master existing dharmas. Existing dharmas having no master is called 'no dharma.' Having no dharma and no master is called 'no-mind.' As I understand the Buddha, he also has no supernatural powers; he can only penetrate all dharmas through no-mind." The god said: "I am truly shallow and dim; I had not heard the meaning of emptiness. I shall uphold the precepts the Master has bestowed. I now wish to repay your compassionate virtue by exerting what power I have." The Master said: "I contemplate the body as containing no thing, and contemplate dharmas as impermanent. Thoroughly clear, what further desire could I have?" The god said: "The Master must command me to perform some worldly deed to display my divine power, so that those who have brought forth the mind, those who have not brought forth the mind, those with faith, and those without faith may all witness my divine traces and know that there is a buddha, there are gods, there are capabilities, there are impossibilities, there is what is natural, and there is what is not natural." The Master said: "I have no use for this." The god said: "The Buddha also made dragon spirits protect the Dharma. Would the Master rather fall into betraying the Buddha? Pray instruct me as you please." Left with no choice, the Master said: "The barrier of Dongyan Temple is bleak and devoid of trees; the northern summit has them, but behind it there is no screen of protection. Can you move the trees from the north to the eastern ridge?" The god said: "I have heard your command. I fear there must be clamour and movement in the dead of night; I pray the Master will not be alarmed." He then made prostrations and took his leave. The Master had his disciples see him off and watch: they saw a retinue of guards winding like that of a monarch, with mist and clouds intertwined in profusion, and banners and pendant jewels rising into the void and disappearing. That night there was indeed a violent wind and swift thunder, rushing clouds and vibrating lightning; the rafters and eaves shook and swayed, and roosting birds cried out in fright. The Master said to the assembly: "Do not be afraid; the god has made a pact with me." At dawn, it was mild and clear; the pines of the northern mountain had all been moved to the eastern ridge, densely planted in rows. The Master admonished his disciples, saying: "After my passing, do not let outsiders know of this; if it becomes fodder for talk, people will regard me as demonic." The Master was a man of Yique, surnamed Li. He went forth from home at an early age, received the full precepts, and obtained the Dharma from National Preceptor Lao'an. He lived to the age of seventy-three.