[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 3.205 # 釋氏稽古略 3.205 釋氏稽古略 3.205 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.205) 龐居士　襄州居士龐蘊者。衡州衡陽縣人也。字道玄。世本業儒。少悟塵勞。志求真諦。德宗貞元初謁石頭遷禪師。乃問不與萬法為侶者是甚麼人。頭以手掩其口。豁然有省。後與丹霞天然禪師為友。一日石頭問曰。日用事作麼生。士曰。若問日用事即無開口處。乃呈偈曰。日用事無別。唯吾自偶諧。頭頭非取捨。處處沒張乖。朱紫誰為號。丘山絕點埃。神通并妙用。運水及搬柴。頭然之。既而頭曰。子以緇邪素邪。士曰願從所慕。遂不剃染。後參馬祖問曰。不與萬法為侶者是甚麼人。祖曰。待汝一口吸盡西江水即向汝道。士於言下頓悟玄旨。遂廁祖之門徒焉。乃留駐參承二載。有偈曰。有男不婚。有女不嫁。大家團欒。頭共說無生話。機辯捷出。諸方嚮之。至是元和六年北遊襄漢隨處而居。有女名靈照。賣竹漉籬以供朝夕。士坐次問靈照。古人道明明。百草頭明明。祖師意如何會。女曰。老老大大作這箇語話。士曰。爾作麼生。女曰。明明百草頭。明明祖師意。士乃笑。士因下橋被摟。女見亦去士邊倒。士曰。爾作甚麼。女曰。見爺倒地。靈照相扶。士將入滅。謂靈照曰。視日早晚及午以報。照遽報日已中矣而有蝕也。士出戶觀。靈照即登父座合掌坐亡。士笑曰。我女鋒捷矣。於是更延七日。州牧于公頔聞之來問。士謂之曰。但願空諸所有。慎勿實諸所無。好住世間皆如影響。言訖枕公膝而化。遺命焚棄於江湖中。龐婆走田中。謂其子龐大曰。汝父死矣。龐大笑曰。嗄倚鋤亦脫去。婆曰。汝更愚癡。既為焚燒畢。婆乃遍別鄉閭。歸隱之自後。莫知其所自。有詩偈三百餘篇傳於世。緇白傷悼。謂禪門龐居士。即毘耶淨名也（傳燈龐傳）。 > Layman Pang. Layman Pang Yun of Xiangzhou was a native of Hengyang County in Hengzhou, styled Daoxuan. His family had originally been scholars of Confucianism. When young, he realized the weariness of worldly dust and resolved to seek the ultimate truth. At the beginning of the Zhenyuan era of Dezong, he visited Chan Master Shitou Qian and asked: 'Who is the one who does not take the myriad phenomena as companion?' Shitou covered Pang's mouth with his hand; he was suddenly awakened. Later, he became friends with Chan Master Danxia Tianran. One day, Shitou asked: 'How are your daily affairs?' The Layman said: 'If you ask about daily affairs, there is no place to open the mouth.' He then presented a verse: / 'Daily affairs are no different, / Only I myself naturally harmonize. / In everything, nothing is grasped or rejected; / Everywhere, nothing is discordant. / Who calls things vermilion or purple? / The hills and mountains are without a speck of dust. / Spiritual powers and wondrous functions: / Carrying water and hauling firewood.' / Shitou approved of it. Soon afterward, Shitou said: 'Will you wear black (as a monk) or white (as a layman)?' The Layman said: 'I wish to follow what I desire.' Thereupon he did not shave his head or dye his robes. Later, he visited Mazu and asked: 'Who is the one who does not take the myriad phenomena as companion?' Mazu said: 'Wait until you swallow all the water of the West River in one gulp, then I will tell you.' At these words, the Layman suddenly awakened to the profound intent, and thus placed himself among Mazu's disciples. He remained to study for two years, and composed a verse: / 'Having a son, do not marry him off; / Having a daughter, do not wed her. / All gathered harmoniously together, / We speak of the unborn.' / His quick wit and eloquence stood out, and people everywhere turned to him. By the sixth year of the Yuanhe era, he traveled north to Xianghan, dwelling wherever he went. He had a daughter named Lingzhao, who sold bamboo straining baskets to provide for their daily needs. While the Layman was seated, he asked Lingzhao: 'An ancient said: "Clearly on the tips of the hundred grasses; clearly the intention of the ancestral masters." How do you understand this?' The daughter said: 'So old and venerable, yet you utter such words!' The Layman said: 'What about you?' The daughter said: 'Clearly on the tips of the hundred grasses; clearly the intention of the ancestral masters.' The Layman smiled. Once, while descending a bridge, the Layman stumbled and fell. Seeing this, the daughter also went beside the Layman and fell down. The Layman said: 'What are you doing?' The daughter said: 'Seeing father fall to the ground, Lingzhao came to support you.' When the Layman was about to pass away, he said to Lingzhao: 'Observe the time of day, and when it is noon, report it.' Lingzhao hastily reported: 'The sun is already at the midpoint, but there is an eclipse.' The Layman went out the door to look; Lingzhao immediately ascended her father's seat, joined her palms, and passed away seated. The Layman laughed and said: 'My daughter is swift-witted indeed!' Thereupon he postponed his departure for seven days. Prefect Lord Yu Di heard of it and came to inquire. The Layman said to him: 'Only desire to empty all that is; take care not to treat as real all that is not. Take care while residing in the world; all things are like shadows and echoes.' Having spoken, he rested his head on the Lord's knee and transformed. His last instructions ordered that his body be cremated and cast into the rivers and lakes. Mrs. Pang ran to the fields and said to her son Pang Da: 'Your father has died.' Pang Da laughed and said, 'Ha!' Leaning on his hoe, he too departed. The mother said: 'You are all the more foolish!' After they had been cremated, Mrs. Pang bade farewell everywhere to the neighbors and villagers, and retired into seclusion; after that, no one knew where she went. More than three hundred poems and verses by him are circulated in the world. Monks and laity mourned in grief, saying that Layman Pang of the Chan school was none other than Vimalakīrti of Vaiśālī (Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Biography of Pang). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.204](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.204) - [Next: 3.206](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.206) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.3.205) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.8.54) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.205](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.205) · Pramāṇa