釋鑑稽古略續集 3.215

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法舟禪師　諱道濟。字法舟。生思賢里。族張氏。年二十餘。入天寧寺為行者。服勤默堂宣禪師座席。次事吉菴祚公。朝夕參叩。一日聞佛殿磬響。豁然契悟。趨菴方丈。決擇印可。繼謁古印雲峯諸師。日益深奧。住覺王景德雙髻等剎。嘉靖初出世金陵安隱。僧問如何是安隱境。師曰。三山半落青天外。二水中分白鷺洲。又問。何如是安隱家風。師曰。石虎山前鬪泥牛水底眠。次抵陽羨還携李雲寄天寧靈光諸剎。買舟南湖信風游誄。後入吳興弁山居之。復歸天寧遂終老焉。師持神呪多驗。呪枯井以重泉。特梵僧而假榻。青蛙就牕聽誦。神人入戶護持。後復嬉笑怒罵。縱橫自調。而人不能測矣。庚申之秋寢疾而逝。年七十四。臘五十二。塔其骨于別室。有法語偈頌。名剩語。

Chan Master Fazhou: taboo name Daoji, style name Fazhou. Born in Sixian Lane of the Zhang clan. In his twenties, he entered Tianning Monastery as a postulant, diligently attending upon Chan Master Motang Xuan. Next, he served Master Ji'an Zuo, inquiring morning and night. One day, hearing the sound of the chime stone in the Buddha hall, he experienced a sudden awakening. He hurried to the abbot's quarters at the hermitage, where he was tested and confirmed. He then called upon various masters such as Guyin and Yunfeng, his realization growing deeper day by day. He resided at monasteries such as Juewang, Jingde, and Shuangji. At the beginning of the Jiajing era, he appeared in the world [as abbot] at Anyin in Jinling. A monk asked: "What is the realm of Anyin?" The master said: "Three mountains half-fall beyond the blue sky; / two waters divide Baiguzhou in the middle." [The monk] also asked: "What is the household style of Anyin?" The master said: "A stone tiger fights before the mountain; / a mud cow sleeps beneath the water." Next he reached Yangxian, and returned to Xieli, lodging like clouds at various monasteries such as Tianning and Lingguang. He hired a boat on the South Lake, drifting freely with the wind. Later he entered Mount Bian in Wuxing to reside, and then returned to Tianning, ending his days there. The master maintained divine dhāraṇīs with much efficacy: he incanted an empty well to bring back deep springs, and provided a lodging specially for an Indian monk; green frogs came to the window to listen to his recitations, and divine beings entered the room to protect and sustain him. Later, he also laughed, mocked, grew angry, and scolded, unrestrainedly self-composed so that people could not fathom him. In the autumn of the gengshen year, he fell ill in bed and passed away. He was seventy-four years old, with fifty-two monastic years. His relics were enshrined in a separate hall. He had Dharma discourses and verse praises, entitled Residual Words.