釋鑑稽古略續集 2.42

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孤峯禪師　諱明德號孤峯。昌國人。族姓朱。母黃氏夢僧玠公托宿遂娠。師生幼時即好趺坐。十二為橫山錫公弟子。詣五臺受戒。首謁竺西坦公。聞舉世尊拈花之事而有省。次見晦機熙公。明極峻公。而了無障礙。又遇竺田霖公。舉泥牛入海公案。而群疑頓釋。又與仲方倫公。結菴於桃花塢。相與激揚閱華嚴大經。出世於東禪寺。再遷集慶之保寧。煅煉來學興復破壞。帝師授以圓明定慧之號。副以金斕法衣。一時縉紳莫不願與之交。三遷湖之道場。建造次第就緒。又赴杭之淨慈之請。逮入國朝。謝歸道場竹林菴。一日戒其徒曰。吾身雖微。一真之性與如來等。世相起滅無異石火電光。晝夜勤行毋生退轉。書頌入滅。壽七十九。臘六十二。瘞骨東岡。四會語錄行世。

Chan Master Gufeng: Taboo name Mingde, styled Gufeng. A man of Changguo, of the Zhu clan. His mother, Lady Huang, became pregnant after dreaming that the monk Master Jie sought lodging. When the Master was young, he was already fond of sitting cross-legged. At twelve, he became a disciple of Master Xi of Mount Heng. He went to Wutai to receive the precepts. He first called upon Master Zhuxi Tan; hearing the story of the World-Honoured One holding up a flower, he had an awakening. Next he saw Master Huiji Xi and Master Mingji Jun, and encountered no obstruction. He also met Master Zhutian Lin, who raised the gongan of the mud ox entering the sea, whereupon all his doubts were suddenly dispelled. Further, together with Master Zhongfang Lun, he built a hermitage at Peach Blossom Valley, where they encouraged each other and read the great *Avataṃsaka Sūtra*. He began his public career at Dongchan Monastery. He was then transferred to Baoning in Jiqing, training incoming students and reviving what had fallen into ruin. The Imperial Preceptor bestowed upon him the title "Round Brightness, Samādhi, and Wisdom," accompanied by a gold-laced Dharma robe. At that time, there was no prominent official who did not desire to associate with him. He was thirdly transferred to Daochang in Huzhou, where the construction was gradually brought to order. He also accepted the invitation to Jingci in Hangzhou. When the present dynasty began, he declined office and returned to the Bamboo Grove Hermitage at Daochang. One day he admonished his disciples, saying: "Though my body is slight, the nature of the One Reality is equal to the Tathāgatas. The arising and ceasing of worldly marks is no different from sparks struck from flint or flashes of lightning. Strive diligently day and night; do not give rise to retrogression." Writing a eulogy, he entered extinction at the age of seventy-nine, with sixty-two years in the monastic order. His bones were interred on the eastern knoll. His recorded sayings from four assemblies circulate in the world.