大明高僧傳 5.15

5.15

釋法泰號佛性。漢州李氏子。僧問。理隨事變該萬有而一片虛凝。事逐理融等千差而咸歸實際。如何是理法界。師曰。山河大地。曰如何是事法界。師曰。萬象森羅。曰如何是理事無礙法界。師曰。東西南北。曰如何是事事無礙法界。師曰。上下四維。上堂渺渺邈邈十方該括。坦坦蕩蕩絕形絕相。目欲視而睛枯。口欲談而詞喪。文殊普賢全無伎倆。臨濟德山不妨提唱。龜吞陝府鐵牛。蛇咬嘉州大像。嚇得東海鯉魚直至如今肚脹。上堂憶昔遊方日獲得二種物。一是金剛鎚。一是千聖骨。持行宇宙中氣岸高突兀。如是三十年用之為準則。而今年老矣。一物知何物擲下金剛鎚擊碎千聖骨。拋向四衢道不能更惜得。任意過浮生。指南將作北。呼龜以為鼈。喚豆以為粟。從他明眼人笑我無繩墨。

Shi Fatai was styled Foxing, a son of the Li family of Hanzhou. A monk asked: "Principle transforms along with phenomena, encompassing the myriad beings into a single slice of empty stillness. Phenomena fuse in pursuit of principle, equalizing the thousand differences so that all return to the realm of reality. What is the dharma-realm of principle?" The Master said: "The mountains, rivers, and the great earth." The monk asked: "What is the dharma-realm of phenomena?" The Master said: "The myriad phenomena arrayed in dense profusion." The monk asked: "What is the dharma-realm of the non-obstruction of principle and phenomena?" The Master said: "East, west, south, and north." The monk asked: "What is the dharma-realm of the non-obstruction of phenomena and phenomena?" The Master said: "Above, below, and the four intermediate quarters." Ascending the hall, he said: "Indistinct and distant, it encompasses the ten directions; open and vast, it is devoid of shape and devoid of marks. The eyes wish to gaze, but the pupils wither; the mouth wishes to speak, but words are lost. Mañjuśrī and Samantabhadra have no tricks whatsoever; Linji and Deshan may freely present their teachings. A tortoise swallows the iron ox of Shan Prefecture; a serpent bites the great statue of Jia Prefecture. It so frightens the carp of the Eastern Sea that right up to now its belly is swollen." Ascending the hall, he said: "Recalling former days wandering to various places, I obtained two kinds of things: one was a vajra hammer, the other was the bones of the thousand sages. Holding them while walking through the universe, my proud disposition rose lofty and towering. For thirty years like this, I used them as my standard. But now that I am old, what thing can be called a 'thing'? I have cast down the vajra hammer and smashed to pieces the bones of the thousand sages. Thrown out onto the crossroads, they can no longer be begrudged. I pass this floating life just as I please: pointing to south, I make it north; calling a tortoise, I take it for a soft-shelled turtle; shouting 'bean,' I take it for millet. Let those with clear eyes laugh at me for having no compass or rule!"