釋鑑稽古略續集 3.110

3.110

毒㖓禪師　諱季善。鳳陽人。父吳姓。母程氏。十七歲出家。初遇源明和尚請益。受無字公案。掩關不設臥床。睡魔沈重百計遣除。一朝聞鐘聲忽說偈云。沈沈寂寂絕施為。觸著無端吼似雷。動地一聲消息盡。髑髏粉碎夢初回云。師有語錄行世。

Chan Master Duchi, taboo name Jishan, was a native of Fengyang. His father was surnamed Wu, and his mother was Lady Cheng. At the age of seventeen, he left home. At first, he met Venerable Yuanming to seek instruction and received the gongan of "Wu" (No). He shut himself in seclusion without setting up a sleeping couch. When the demon of sleep grew heavy, he used a hundred stratagems to banish it. One morning, upon hearing the sound of a bell, he suddenly uttered a verse, saying: / "Profoundly still and silent, all deliberate action ceased; / When brushed against for no reason, it roars like thunder. / With an earth-shaking crash, every vestige of news is gone; / The skull is smashed to powder as the dream first ends." / The master had recorded sayings circulating in the world.