大明高僧傳 6.8

6.8

釋守珣號佛燈。即郡之施氏子也。初參廣鑑瑛和尚不契。遂謁佛鑑。隨眾咨請。邈無所入。乃封其衾曰。今生若不徹去。誓不展此。於是晝夜霄立如喪考妣。逾七七日忽佛鑑上堂曰。森羅及萬象一法之所印。珣聞頓悟。鑑曰。可惜一顆明珠被這風顛漢拾得也。乃詰曰。靈雲道自從一見桃花後直至如今更不疑。如何是他不疑處。珣曰。莫道靈雲不疑。只今覓個疑處了不可得。鑑曰。玄沙道諦當甚諦當。敢保老兄未徹在。那裏是他未徹處。珣曰。深知和尚老婆心切。鑑然之。珣拜起呈偈曰。終日看天不舉頭。桃花爛熳始擡眸。饒君更有遮天網。透得牢關即便休。鑑囑令護持。是夕展衾厲聲曰。這回珣上座穩睡去也。圓悟聞竊疑其未然乃曰。我須勘過始得。令人召至。因與遊山。偶到一水潭。圓悟推珣入水。遽問曰。牛頭未見四祖時如何。珣曰。潭深魚聚。曰見後如何。珣曰。樹高招風。曰見與未見時如何。珣曰。伸脚在縮脚裏。圓悟大稱之。後出世初主禾山。次天聖徙何山及天寧。紹興甲寅謂居士鄭績曰。十月八日是佛鑑先師忌日。吾時至矣。乞還障南。至十月四日續遣弟僧道如訊之。珣曰。汝來正其時也。吾雖與佛鑑同條生。終不同條死。明早可與我尋一隻小船來。道如曰。要長者高者。珣曰。高五尺許。越三日雞鳴端坐如平時。侍者請偈。珣曰。不曾作得。言訖而逝。闍維舌根不壞。

Shi Shouxun was styled Fodeng. He was a son of the Shi family of that prefecture. At first he consulted Master Guangjian Ying, but did not resonate with him. He then visited Fojian. Following the assembly, he consulted and requested instruction, yet had no entry whatsoever. He then sealed his quilt, saying, "If I do not thoroughly penetrate in this life, I vow not to unroll this." Thereupon, day and night, standing through the dark, he was as if mourning his parents. After more than forty-nine days, Fojian suddenly ascended the hall and said, "All phenomena and the myriad forms are sealed by the single Dharma." Hearing this, Xun was suddenly awakened. Jian said, "Pity that a bright pearl was picked up by this lunatic!" He then questioned him, "Lingyun said, 'Ever since seeing peach blossoms once, right up to the present I have never doubted again.' What was the place where he did not doubt?" Xun said, "Do not say Lingyun had no doubts; even right now, seeking a place of doubt is entirely impossible." Jian said, "Xuansha said, 'Extremely accurate, exceedingly accurate, yet I dare guarantee that this elder brother has not yet thoroughly penetrated.' Where was the place he had not penetrated?" Xun said, "I deeply appreciate your grandmotherly concern, Master." Jian approved. Xun bowed, stood up, and presented a gāthā: / "All day long looking at the sky without raising the head, / Only when peach blossoms bloomed in profusion did I lift my eyes. / Though you may have a net that covers the sky, / Once past the firm barrier, one simply rests." / Jian enjoined him to maintain and protect it. That evening, unrolling his quilt, he said loudly, "This time, Senior Monk Xun will sleep soundly!" Hearing of this, Yuanwu privately doubted that it was so and said, "I must test him myself." He sent someone to summon him. Taking a walk in the mountains with him, they came upon a pool of water. Yuanwu pushed Xun into the water and abruptly asked, "How was it before Niutou met the Fourth Patriarch?" Xun said, "The pool is deep, fish gather." He asked, "How was it after meeting?" Xun said, "The tree is tall, it catches the wind." He asked, "How was it at the very time of meeting and not meeting?" Xun said, "Extending the foot within the withdrawn foot." Yuanwu praised him greatly. Later he emerged into the world, first presiding over Heshan, next Tiansheng, then moving to Heshan and Tianning. In the jiayin year of Shaoxing, he said to the lay devotee Zheng Ji, "The eighth day of the tenth month is the anniversary of the passing of my late master Fojian; my time has come. I ask to return south of Zhang." On the fourth day of the tenth month, the fellow monk Daoru was sent to inquire after him. Xun said, "You have come just at the right time. Though Fojian and I were born on the same branch, after all we will not die on the same branch. Tomorrow morning, find a small boat for me." Daoru asked, "Do you want a long one or a tall one?" Xun said, "About five feet tall." Three days later, at cockcrow, he sat upright as usual. The attendant requested a gāthā. Xun said, "I have never composed one." Having spoken, he passed away. After the jhāpita, his tongue-root was undamaged.