釋鑑稽古略續集 3.218

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玉芝禪師　諱法聚。號月泉。嘉禾富氏子。母馮氏。幼肄儒業。淹貫經籍。事王陽明先生。得良知之旨。出家後參夢居禪師。呈二偈曰。湖光倚仗三千頃。山色開門五六峯。觸目本來成現事。蒲團今不鍊頑空。（一）滿目風光足起居。有誰平地別親疎。縱令達磨傳心訣。問著依然不識渠。問答切磋。由是了悟。結菴荊山。有芝產於座下。人號玉芝和尚。後居天池山以終老焉。一時道學先生。若一菴唐公龍溪王公．白石蔡公。訪師山中證儒釋大同之旨。師題蔡公廓然堂曰。儒曰大公。釋曰無聖。不二不一。水月空鏡。心非物伍。物不我兢。海印淼羅。寂感斯應妙圓致。止曰。惟正定。嘉靖癸亥歲逝世。有語錄行世。

Chan Master Yuzhi: taboo name Faju, art name Yuequan. A son of the Fu family of Jiahe, his mother was née Feng. In his youth he studied the Confucian classics and mastered the canonical texts. He served Master Wang Yangming and grasped the doctrine of innate knowledge (liangzhi). After renouncing the household, he studied under Chan Master Mengju and presented two verses, saying: / "The lake's light relies upon three thousand qing; / The mountain's color opens to five or six peaks. / What meets the eye is originally an accomplished reality; / The cattail mat today no longer refines stubborn emptiness. (First) / "A gaze full of scenery suffices for daily life; / Who on level ground distinguishes between close and distant? / Even if Bodhidharma transmitted the essential secret of the mind, / If asked, one still would not recognize him." / Through question, answer, and sharpening, he was thereby thoroughly enlightened. He built a hermitage on Mount Jing, and an auspicious fungus (zhi) sprouted beneath his seat; people called him the "Jade Fungus (Yuzhi) Monk." Later he dwelt at Mount Tianchi, ending his days there. At that time, masters of Neo-Confucianism such as Lord Yi'an Tang, Lord Longxi Wang, and Lord Baishi Cai visited the master in the mountains to verify the common ground between Confucianism and Buddhism. The master inscribed on Lord Cai's Kuoran Hall: / "Confucianism calls it the Great Impartiality; / Buddhism calls it the Holy Non-existence. / Neither two nor one, / Like water and moon, or an empty mirror. / The mind does not keep company with things; / Things do not contend with me. / The ocean seal shines vastly, / Responsive stillness meets all things, / The wondrous perfection reaches its utmost; / Cessation is called nothing but correct samādhi." / In the guihai year of the Jiajing era, he passed away. Recorded sayings of his circulate in the world.