釋鑑稽古略續集 3.186

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月林禪師　諱鏡。杭州人。少頴異穉齡出家。弱冠剃染專修淨業。參本來人。久之乃省。作偈曰。本來人本來人。無腦無頭作麼尋。驀然揪着個鼻孔。試看元來是白丁。自是聲名遠著。住持徑山。當八十代。進士張公寧讚之。其略曰。瑞芝三秀古柏十圍。得正度於無傳。嗣妙法于東嶼。又云。超龍眠於下界。興象教於中衰。丞相開選佛場。和尚晤出世法。乘流而行遇徑而止。命當年國一亦起于崑山。容首度坡仙。重游於方丈。凡吾方外之友。盡讚僧中此郎。正德己卯歸寂。

Chan Master Yuelin, taboo name Jing, was a native of Hangzhou. From youth he was exceptionally gifted, and left household life at a tender age. At twenty, he had his head shaved, took monastic robes, and practiced pure karma exclusively. He inquired into the "original person," and after a long time he was awakened. He composed a verse saying: "Original person, original person, / With neither brain nor head, how to seek him? / Suddenly snatching hold of that nostril— / Take a look, originally he is just an ordinary fellow!" From then on, his renown spread far and wide. He served as the abbot of Jingshan, being the eightieth generation. The presented scholar Lord Zhang Ning praised him, saying in brief: "The auspicious lingzhi fungus blooms thrice, the ancient cypress measures ten arm-spans around. Attaining authentic transmission where none was handed down, continuing the wondrous Dharma from Dongyu." It also said: "Surpassing Longmian in the lower realm, reviving the elephant teaching amid decline. The Chancellor opened a ground for selecting buddhas; the Venerable awakened to the supramundane Dharma. Floating with the current, stopping when meeting Jingshan. Destiny had it that the Guoyi of former days also arose from Kunshan. Allowing Poxian, after his initial deliverance, to roam once more in the abbot's quarters. All my companions beyond the dust extol this young gentleman among the monks." In the jimao year of Zhengde [1519], he returned to quiescence.