宋高僧傳 10.25

10.25

世號無生和尚是歟。寂之高岸，恒不欲人致禮邀請，必有不可犯之色，時或非之。然則志意修則驕富貴，道義重則輕王公，非其傲誕，勢使然也。釋掘多者，印度人也。從踰沙磧，向慕神州，不問狄鞮，旋通華語，而尚禪定。徑謁曹溪能師，機教相接，猶弱喪還家焉。多遊五臺，路由定襄。歷村見一禪者結庵獨坐，問之曰：「子在此奚為？」曰：「吾觀靜。」多曰：「觀者何人？靜者何物？得非勞子之形，役子之慮乎？」其僧茫昧，拱默而已，作禮數四，請垂啟發。多曰：「子出誰門邪？」曰：「神秀大師。」多曰：「我西域異道寔繁有徒，最下劣者，不墮此見。兀然空坐，蓐爛身疲，初無深益。子莫起如是見，立如是論。早往韶陽請決所疑。」能曰：「子何不自觀自靜邪？不觀相，不觀如，子遊歷日用，自然安樂也。」一如多所言，略無少異。伊僧抉開羅網。多後莫知攸往。

The one called 'Upādhyāya Wusheng' (Unborn) by the world—is this he? Yuanji's high aloofness was such that he constantly did not wish people to pay homage or invite him; he invariably had an unapproachable expression, which people at times criticized. However, when the aspiration is cultured, one treats wealth and nobility with pride; when the Dao and righteousness are valued, one makes light of princes and dukes. This was not because he was arrogant or untamed, but because circumstances caused it to be so. Śramaṇa Jueduo was an Indian. Crossing the sandy desert, he yearned for the Divine Land; without inquiring of interpreters, he quickly became fluent in the Chinese language, and he esteemed Chan concentration. He went directly to visit Master Neng of Caoxi; when their faculties and teaching met, it was like a long-lost youth returning home. Jueduo traveled to Mount Wutai, passing through Dingxiang. Going through a village, he saw a Chan practitioner who had built a hut and was sitting alone. He asked him, saying, 'What are you doing here?' The monk said, 'I am observing quietude.' Jueduo said, 'Who is the one observing? What kind of thing is quietude? Is this not simply laboring your body and fatiguing your thoughts?' That monk was bewildered and merely folded his hands in silence; bowing several times, he asked for guidance. Jueduo said, 'From whose gate did you come forth?' The monk said, 'Grand Master Shenxiu.' Jueduo said, 'In my Western Regions, non-Buddhists are indeed numerous; even the lowest among them do not fall into this view. Sitting rigidly in emptiness, rotting the straw mat and exhausting the body, originally has no deep benefit. Do not give rise to such views or establish such arguments. Go quickly to Shaoyang to resolve what you doubt.' [Master] Neng said [to him], 'Why do you not observe yourself and quiet yourself? Not observing appearances, not observing suchness, as you wander about in daily functioning, you will naturally be at peace and ease.' It was entirely as Jueduo had said, without the slightest difference. That monk cleaved open the net. Later, it is not known where Jueduo went.