[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [大明高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062) › 5.36 # 大明高僧傳 5.36 大明高僧傳 5.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.5.36) 釋法忠號牧菴。四明姚氏子也。十九試經得度習天台教。悟一心三觀之旨未能泯跡。故遍參名德。後至龍門。觀水磨旋轉發明述偈呈佛眼曰。轉大法輪。目前包裹。更問如何。水推石磨。佛眼曰。其中事作麼生。忠曰㵎下水長流。眼曰。我有末後一句。待分付汝。忠即掩耳而去。後至廬山。於同安枯樹中絕食清坐。宣和間湘潭大旱。禱弗應。忠躍入龍淵呼曰。業畜當雨一尺。雨隨至。甞居南嶽。每跨虎出遊。儒釋皆望塵而拜。上堂我有一句子。不借諸聖口不動自己舌。非聲氣呼吸非情識分別。假使淨名杜口毘耶釋迦掩室摩竭。大似掩耳偷鈴。未免天機漏泄。直饒德山棒臨濟喝。若向牧菴門下秖得一橛。千種言萬般說秖要教君自家歇。一任大地虛空七凹八凸。 > Shi Fazhong was styled Mu'an. He was a son of the Yao family of Siming. At nineteen, he passed the scriptural examination, was ordained, and studied the Tiantai teachings. Though he awakened to the principle of the three contemplations in one mind, he could not obliterate all traces of it, and so he traveled everywhere to consult renowned virtues. Later he arrived at Longmen. Observing the turning of a watermill, he attained illumination, composed a gāthā, and presented it to Foyan, saying: > "Turning the great wheel of Dharma, / It is contained right before one's eyes. / If you ask further what it is like: / Water driving a stone mill." / Foyan said, "What is the matter within it?" Zhong said, "The water beneath the torrent flows forever." Foyan said, "I have a final word; wait until I impart it to you." Zhong thereupon covered his ears and walked away. Later he arrived at Mount Lu, where he fasted and sat in pure meditation inside a hollow dried tree at Tong'an. During the Xuanhe era, there was a severe drought in Xiangtan. Prayers brought no response. Zhong leapt into the Dragon Abyss and shouted, "You karmic beast, rain one foot down!" The rain immediately arrived. He once lived on the Southern Peak, frequently riding a tiger when going out; Confucians and Buddhists alike bowed to him from afar. He ascended the hall and said, "I have a single phrase: it does not borrow the mouths of the sages, nor does it move one's own tongue. It is not voice or breath, nor is it the discrimination of consciousness. Even if Vimalakīrti kept silent in Vaiśālī or Śākyamuni shut his room in Magadha, it would be much like covering one's ears to steal a bell, unable to avoid leaking the heavenly mechanism. Even with Deshan's stick and Linji's shout, if brought before Mu'an's gate, they would amount to merely a single stake. A thousand kinds of words and ten thousand sorts of explanations are only meant to make you rest yourself; let the great earth and empty space be as uneven and rugged as they will." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.5.35) - [Next: 5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.5.37) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062~en-mt.5.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [續傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.29.20) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.5.36) · Pramāṇa