大明高僧傳 2.9

2.9

釋本無號我庵台州黃巖人。幼從方山寶禪師於瑞巖薙髮進具戒。次依寂照禪師於中天竺命司箋翰。寂照每深加錐劄亦有省處。後有舅氏。本習天台教。挽之更衣。見湛堂澄於演福精研教部。寂照惜其去遂作偈寄之云。從教入禪今古有。從禪入教古今無。一心三觀門雖別。水滿千江月自孤。師後出世既為澄公法嗣。仍爇一香以報寂照。蓋不以跡異二其心也。寂照將入滅時師方主延慶。照乃遺書囑其力弘大蘇少林二宗。餘無他說。師因奠寂照乃拈香云。妙喜五傳最光焰。寂照一代甘露門。等閒觸著肝膽裂。氷雪忽作陽春溫。我思打失鼻孔日是何氣息今猶存。天風北來歲云暮。掣電討甚空中痕。師後晚年遷杭之上天竺最久。一日無疾端坐而蛻於白雲堂。諡曰佛護宣覺憲慈匡道大師。

Shi Benwu was styled Wo'an, a native of Huangyan in Taizhou. In his youth, he followed Chan Master Bao of Fangshan at Ruiyan to tonsure his hair, and later received full ordination. Next, he relied on Chan Master Jizhao at Central Tianzhu, who ordered him to take charge of correspondence and documents. Jizhao deeply applied the needle and gouge [of instruction] to him at every turn, bringing him to awakening. Later, his maternal uncle, who originally practiced the Tiantai teaching, urged him to change his robes [and study the doctrinal school]. He met Zhandang Cheng at Yanfu and meticulously investigated the doctrinal canon. Jizhao regretted his departure and sent him a verse saying: / 'From the teachings into Chan has existed in past and present; / From Chan into the teachings has never been in past or present. / Though the gates of the one mind and the three contemplations are distinct, / When waters fill a thousand rivers, the moon remains solitary.' / When the Master later appeared in the world, having already become the dharma heir of Venerable Cheng, he still burned incense to repay Jizhao. For he did not divide his heart simply because their outward paths differed. When Jizhao was about to enter extinction, the Master was then abbot of Yanqing; Jizhao left him a testament enjoining him to strive to propagate the two traditions of Dasu and Shaolin, saying nothing else. When the Master made offerings to Jizhao, he raised incense and said: / 'Miaoxi's five transmissions are the most incandescent; / Jizhao in his generation was the gate of sweet dew. / Merely brushing against it splits liver and gall; / Ice and snow suddenly turn to the warmth of spring. / When I recall the day my nostrils were struck away, / What breath from then still survives today? / The heavenly wind blows from the north as the year draws to a close; / In a flash of lightning, what trace in the void can be found?' / In his later years, the Master relocated to Upper Tianzhu in Hangzhou, remaining there the longest. One day, without illness, he sat upright and cast off the body in Baiyun Hall. He was given the posthumous title Great Master Fohu Xuanjue Xianci Kuangdao.