[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) › 4.326 # 釋氏稽古略 4.326 釋氏稽古略 4.326 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.326](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.326) 宋江西隆興牧庵禪師。名法忠。明州鄞縣姚氏子。幼性專靜。告親出家。父母送之。依郡中崇教院師道英受業。年十九試經得度。趨講肆。究天台教旨。頗自負。一日暴所習於禪者。為其折困因有疑。投天童交禪師。交使其南詢。遂造閩之雪峯需禪師席。不契。走淮西舒州龍門佛眼遠禪師席下。縱步水磨。覩其牓曰法輪常轉。豁然大悟。說偈曰。轉大法輪。目前包裹。更問如何。水推石磨。佛眼頷之。辭去度九江登廬阜。露眠草宿。蛇虎為隣。山舒水綏處。會意則居焉。住勝業南大雲蓋公安大溈五剎。復赴豫章黃龍。至是己巳年。大尉邢公孝揚施金。為忠營壽塔於寺東之薌源。工纔畢。忠笑曰。吾將行矣。書偈曰。六十六年遊夢幻中。浩歌歸去撒手長空。瞑目而寂。法嗣佛眼遠禪師。遠嗣五祖演。演嗣白雲端端嗣楊岐會。會嗣慈明圓禪師。臨濟派也。嗣忠之法者普庵肅禪師等（普燈）。 > In the Song, Chan Master Mu'an of Longxing in Jiangxi was named Fachong, a son of the Yao family of Yin County in Mingzhou. In his youth his nature was concentrated and tranquil; he requested his parents' leave to leave home, and his parents sent him forth. He was tonsured under Master Daoying at Chongjiao Cloister in the prefecture. At age nineteen, he was ordained by passing the scriptural examination, hastened to the lecture halls, and investigated the Tiantai tenets, becoming quite conceited. One day, when he revealed what he had studied to a Chan practitioner, he was refuted and frustrated, thereby giving rise to doubt. He went to Chan Master Jiao of Tiantong, who directed him to seek southwards; thereupon he went to the assembly of Chan Master Xu of Xuefeng in Min, but without awakening. He proceeded to the assembly of Chan Master Foyan Yuan at Longmen in Shuzhou, Huaixi. Wandering by the water mill, he caught sight of its placard reading 'The Wheel of Dharma Ever Turns,' and was suddenly greatly enlightened. He spoke a verse, saying: 'Turning the great wheel of the Dharma, / Enveloping all before the eyes. / If you further ask what it is like: / The water pushes the millstone.' Foyan nodded in assent. Taking his leave, he crossed the Jiujiang and climbed Mount Lu, sleeping in the open and bedding down on grass, with snakes and tigers as his neighbors. Wherever the mountains relaxed and the waters were tranquil, he would dwell whenever it suited his mind. He resided at the five monasteries of Shengye, Nandayungai, Gong'an, and Daguishan, and later proceeded to Huanglong in Yuzhang. Reaching this jisi year, Grand Commandant Lord Xing Xiaoyang donated gold to construct a longevity stupa for Chong at Xiangyuan to the east of the monastery. As soon as the work was completed, Chong smiled and said, 'I am about to depart.' He wrote a verse, saying: 'Sixty-six years roaming amidst dreams and illusions; / Singing loudly, I return, letting go into the boundless void.' Closing his eyes, he passed away. He was a dharma heir of Chan Master Foyan Yuan; Yuan was the heir of Wuzu Yan; Yan was the heir of Baiyun Duan; Duan was the heir of Yangqi Hui; Hui was the heir of Chan Master Ciming Yuan—this being the Linji branch. Those who inherited Chong's Dharma included Chan Master Pu'an Su and others (Pudeng \[lu\]). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.325](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.325) - [Next: 4.327](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.327) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.4.326) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.326](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.326) · Pramāṇa