[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) › 6.19 # 大明高僧傳 6.19 大明高僧傳 6.19 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.19) 釋自回號石頭。臨海人。世業石工。人呼石頭和尚。眼如盲龜不識一字。善根內啟志慕空宗。求人口授法華能誦。遂棄家投大隨和尚供掃灑。寺中令取崖石公用。回手不釋鎚鑿。誦經不輟口。隨見而語曰。今日硿磕明日硿磕。生死到來作甚折合。回愕然設禮。願聞究竟法。隨令罷誦經看趙州勘婆子因緣。於是念念參究久之。一日鑿石石堅。乃盡力一鎚火光迸出。忽然徹悟。即走方丈禮拜呈偈曰。用盡工夫渾無巴鼻。火光迸散元在這裏。隨大喜曰。子徹也。復述勘婆偈曰。三軍不動旗閃爍。老婆正是魔王脚。趙州無柄鐵掃帚。掃蕩烟塵空索索。隨可之。遂為薙染授以僧服。出世住釣魚臺。上堂曰。參禪學道大以井底叫渴。殊不知塞耳塞眼回避不及。且如十二時中行住坐臥動轉施為。是甚麼人使作。儞眼見耳聞何處不是路頭。若識得路頭便是大解脫處。方知老漢與儞證明。山河大地與儞證明。所以道十方薄伽梵一路涅槃門。諸仁者大凡有一物當途。要見一物當途之根源。一物無處要見一物無處之根源。見得根源源無所源。所源既非何處不圓。諸禪德儞看老僧有甚勝儞處。儞有甚不如老漢處。會麼太湖三萬六千頃。月在波心說向誰。 > Shi Zihui was styled Shitou. A native of Linhai, his family had been stonemasons for generations. People called him the Shitou Monk. His eyes were like those of a blind turtle, not knowing a single character. His roots of goodness were inwardly aroused, and his aspiration admired the school of emptiness. Begging people to teach him the \*Lotus Sūtra\* orally, he was able to recite it. Thereupon he abandoned his home, went to Master Dasui, and served by sweeping and sprinkling. In the monastery he was ordered to quarry cliff stones for public use. Without his hands putting down the hammer and chisel, his mouth did not cease reciting the sūtra. Dasui saw him and said to him: 'Clinking and clanking today, clinking and clanking tomorrow; when birth and death arrive, how will you settle the account?' Hui was startled, bowed, and said: 'I wish to hear the ultimate Dharma.' Sui ordered him to stop reciting the sūtra and contemplate the condition of Zhaozhou examining the old woman. Thereupon, he investigated it thought after thought for a long time. One day, as he chiseled a stone, the stone was hard; he struck with all his might with one hammer blow, and sparks burst forth. Suddenly he was thoroughly awakened. He immediately ran to the abbot's quarters, bowed, and presented a gāthā, saying: > 'Exhausting all effort, there was utterly no handle; > The sparks bursting and scattering were originally right here.' > Sui was overjoyed and said: 'You have penetrated through!' He further composed a gāthā on examining the old woman, saying: > 'The three armies do not move, the flags flicker; > The old woman is truly the feet of the Demon King. > Zhaozhou's handleless iron broom > Sweeps away the smoke and dust into absolute emptiness.' > Sui approved him. Thereupon he shaved his hair, dyed his robes, and conferred the monastic vestments upon him. Emerging into the world, he resided at Diaoyutai. Ascending the hall, he said: 'Participating in Chan and studying the Way is mostly shouting of thirst at the bottom of a well, completely unaware that plugging the ears and eyes cannot avoid it. Furthermore, during the twelve periods of the day, walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, moving and acting—what person makes you do this? What place that your eyes see and your ears hear is not the road? If you recognize the road, that is the place of great liberation; only then will you know that this old fellow verifies you, and the mountains, rivers, and great earth verify you. Therefore it is said: "The Bhagavats of the ten directions have one road to the gate of nirvāṇa." Good people, generally, when there is a thing blocking the path, you must see the source of the thing blocking the path; where there is not a single thing, you must see the source of where there is not a single thing. When you see the source, the source has nothing from which it originates. Since what it originates from is nonexistent, where is it not complete? Chan worthies, look: what does this old monk have that excels you? What do you have that is not equal to this old fellow? Do you understand? The thirty-six thousand acres of Lake Tai—the moon is in the heart of the waves, to whom can it be told?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.18) - [Next: 6.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.20) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062~en-mt.6.19) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [續傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.30.72) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.19) · Pramāṇa