釋鑑稽古略續集 3.115

3.115

雪光禪師　姓趙氏。斷指發心。禮妙音師出纏。見寂照禪師策發進功。謁潔空和尚。往返問難始得釋然。偈云。廓然洞徹古靈臺。萬里無雲絕點埃。未離廣寒宮裏去。銀蟾印破水中胎。臨終云。鐵笛橫吹在自由。何必曹山不借借。擲筆而逝。住持西雲寺。塔於正法寺。

Chan Master Xueguang, surnamed Zhao, cut off a finger to give rise to the mind [of awakening]. He paid homage to Master Miaoyin to leave behind the entanglements [of the world]. Seeing Chan Master Jizhao, he was urged on to make vigorous progress. He called upon Venerable Jiekong, engaging in repeated interrogations and debates until he finally attained liberation. His verse says: / "Spaciously and thoroughly, the ancient Terrace of the Spirit opens wide; / Ten thousand miles without a cloud, utterly devoid of dust. / Before departing from the Moon Palace, / The silver toad stamps and breaks the fetus in the water." / When approaching death, he said: "Blowing the iron flute horizontally rests upon self-mastery; why must one rely on Caoshan's borrow-and-not-borrow?" Throwing down his brush, he passed away. He served as abbot of Xiyun Monastery, and his stūpa was erected at Zhengfa Monastery.