佛祖歷代通載 15.16

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（十二）　居士龐蘊。字道玄。衡陽人。世業儒。貞元初謁石頭和尚。玄言妙契。一日石頭問。子自見吾以來。日用事作麼生。對曰。若問日用事。即無開口處。乃呈一頌曰。日用事無別。唯吾自偶諧。頭頭非取捨。處處勿張乖。朱紫誰為號。丘山絕點埃。神通并妙用。運水及般柴。石頭然之。後參馬祖問。不與萬法為侶者是什麼人。祖曰。待汝一口吸盡西江水即向汝道。居士於言下大悟。自爾玄機妙句竦動諸方。與丹霞最友善。一日訪百靈和尚。路次相遇靈問。昔日石頭得意句。還曾舉向人麼。士云。曾舉來。靈云。舉向阿誰來。士以手自指云。龐公。靈云。直是妙德空生也。讚歎居士不及。士却問。師得力句是誰知。靈便戴笠子而去。士云。善為道路。靈一去更不回首。又訪則川和尚。川云。還記得初見石頭時道理否。士云。猶得阿師重舉在。川云。情知久參事慢。士云。阿師老耄。不啻龐公。川云。二彼同時又爭幾許。士云。龐公鮮健差勝阿師。川云。不是勝我。只是反箇幞頭。士云。恰與師相似。川大笑而已。因摘茶次。士云。法界不容身。師還見我否。川云。不是老僧怕答公話。士云。有問有答。蓋是尋常。用乃摘茶不聽。士云。莫怪適來容易借問。川不顧。士云。這無禮儀漢。待一一舉似明眼人在。川乃拋却茶籃便歸方丈。又訪松山和尚。喫茶次。士舉起槖子云。人人盡有分。因什麼道不得。山云。只為人人有分。所以道不得。士云。阿兄因什麼却道得。山云。不可無言也。士云。灼然灼然。山便喫茶。士云。阿兄喫茶何不揖客。山云誰。士云。龐公。山云。何須更揖。後丹霞聞之乃云。若不是松山幾被箇老翁作亂一上。士聞之乃令傳語丹霞云。何不會取舉起槖子時。又訪齊峯和尚。峯云。俗人頻來僧舍討什麼。士回顧兩邊云。誰恁麼道。誰恁麼道。齊峰乃咄之。士云。却在這裏。峯云。莫是當陽道底。士云。背後底聻。峯回首云。看看。士云。草賊大敗。峯無語。又訪石林和上。林豎拂子云。子落丹霞機。試道一句。士奪却拂子乃竪起拳。林云。正是丹霞機。士云。與我不落看。林云。丹霞患啞龐公患聾。士云。恰是。又一日林云。有箇借問居士莫惜言句。士云。便請。林云。元來惜言句。士云。這箇問訊不覺落他便宜。林乃掩耳。士云。作家作家。一日丹霞訪居士。見女子靈照取菜次。霞問。居士在否。女子放下籃子斂手而立。又問。居士在否。女子便提籃子去。時居襄陽。靈照常隨製竹漉籬售之以供朝夕。居士將終。命靈照視日。及中即報。靈照遽報曰。日中矣。而有蝕也。居士出觀日次。靈照即登父座合掌端坐而逝。居士笑曰。我女鋒揵矣。於是居士更延七日。襄州牧于公枉駕候問。居士談笑良久。居士顧謂公曰。但願空諸所有。慎勿實諸所無。好住世間猶如影響。言訖枕公膝而逝。

(12) The lay practitioner Pang Yun, styled Daoxuan, was a native of Hengyang. His family had practiced Confucianism for generations. Early in the Zhenyuan era, he called upon Master Shitou, and their profound discourse miraculously tallied. One day Shitou asked, “Since you came to see me, how have you conducted your daily affairs?” He replied, “If you ask about daily affairs, there is no place to open my mouth.” He then presented a verse, saying: / “Daily affairs are nothing different, / Only I myself naturally harmonize with them. / Not grasping or rejecting in any matter, / Nowhere going against or in discord. / Who cares for red and purple insignia? / The hills and mountains are utterly devoid of dust. / Spiritual powers and wondrous functioning: / Hauling water and carrying firewood.” / Shitou approved of it. Later, he visited Mazu and asked, “Who is the person that does not keep company with the ten thousand dharmas?” The Patriarch said, “Wait until you have swallowed all the water of the West River in a single gulp, and then I will tell you.” At these words, the lay practitioner attained great enlightenment. From then on, his profound faculties and wondrous phrases astounded all quarters. He was on the friendliest terms with Danxia. One day he visited Master Bailing, and they met on the road. Ling asked, “Have you ever presented to anyone that phrase in which you found satisfaction with Shitou in the past?” The layman said, “I have presented it.” Ling said, “To whom did you present it?” The layman pointed to himself with his hand and said, “To Old Pang.” Ling said, “Truly you are a Mañjuśrī or a Subhūti!” praising the layman beyond measure. The layman then asked, “Who knows the Master’s phrase that brought strength?” Ling put on his bamboo hat and walked away. The layman said, “Take good care on the road!” Ling went on without looking back even once. He also visited Master Zechuan. Chuan said, “Do you still remember the principle from when you first saw Shitou?” The layman said, “It still depends on the Reverend to bring it up again.” Chuan said, “I knew long practice would make you neglectful.” The layman said, “The Reverend is decrepit, no less than Old Pang.” Chuan said, “We two are contemporaries; how much difference is there between us?” The layman said, “Old Pang is fresh and vigorous, slightly superior to the Reverend.” Chuan said, “It is not that you surpass me; you have merely turned your headcloth around.” The layman said, “That is just like you, Master.” Chuan simply laughed heartily. Once while picking tea, the layman said, “The dharma realm does not accommodate the body. Master, do you still see me?” Chuan said, “It is not that this old monk is afraid to answer your words.” The layman said, “Having questions and having answers is merely ordinary.” Chuan went on picking tea and would not listen. The layman said, “Do not blame me for asking so lightly just now.” Chuan paid no attention. The layman said, “This ill-mannered fellow! Just wait until I recount this one by one to those with clear eyes!” Chuan then threw down his tea basket and returned to the abbot’s quarters. He also visited Master Songshan. While drinking tea, the layman held up a tea bowl and said, “Everyone has a share. Why can no one speak of it?” Shan said, “Precisely because everyone has a share, they cannot speak of it.” The layman said, “Why, elder brother, can you speak of it then?” Shan said, “One cannot remain without words.” The layman said, “Clearly so, clearly so!” Shan went on drinking tea. The layman said, “Elder brother, when drinking tea, why do you not bow to your guest?” Shan said, “Who?” The layman said, “Old Pang.” Shan said, “Why should I bow again?” Later Danxia heard of this and said, “If it were not for Songshan, he would almost have been thrown into confusion by that old man.” When the layman heard this, he sent word to Danxia, saying, “Why did you not understand the moment the tea bowl was held up?” He also visited Master Qifeng. Feng said, “Why does a layman come so frequently to a monk’s dwelling to seek something?” The layman looked back to both sides and said, “Who spoke like that? Who spoke like that?” Qifeng then shouted at him. The layman said, “Yet it is right here.” Feng said, “Could it be the one speaking right before us?” The layman said, “What about the one behind your back?” Feng turned his head and said, “Look, look!” The layman said, “The grass bandits have suffered a great defeat!” Feng had nothing to say. He also visited Master Shilin. Lin raised his fly-whisk and said, “You have fallen into Danxia's mechanism. Try saying a phrase!” The layman snatched away the fly-whisk and raised his fist. Lin said, “That is precisely Danxia's mechanism.” The layman said, “Show me how not to fall into it!” Lin said, “Danxia suffers from muteness; Old Pang suffers from deafness.” The layman said, “Precisely so.” On another day, Lin said, “I have an inquiry; layman, do not spare your words.” The layman said, “Please go ahead.” Lin said, “So you do spare your words after all!” The layman said, “This greeting inadvertently fell into his trap.” Lin covered his ears. The layman said, “An adept! An adept!” One day Danxia visited the layman and saw his daughter Lingzhao picking vegetables. Xia asked, “Is the layman in?” The daughter put down her basket and stood with hands folded. He asked again, “Is the layman in?” The daughter picked up her basket and left. At that time he lived in Xiangyang. Lingzhao always accompanied him, making bamboo strainers and selling them to provide for their daily needs. When the layman was about to pass away, he told Lingzhao to watch the sun, and to report when it reached noon. Lingzhao quickly reported, saying, “It is noon, but there is an eclipse!” When the layman went out to observe the sun, Lingzhao ascended her father’s seat, sat upright with palms joined, and passed away. The layman smiled and said, “My daughter is sharp indeed!” Thereupon the layman prolonged his life for another seven days. The Prefect of Xiangzhou, Lord Yu, condescended to visit and inquire after him. The layman talked and laughed with him for a long time. Looking at the Lord, the layman said, “I only wish that you empty all that exists, and beware not to take as real all that does not exist. Farewell in the world, which is just like shadows and echoes.” Having spoken, he rested his head upon the Lord's knee and passed away.