大明高僧傳 6.6

6.6

Shi Daoxing was styled Xuetang. He was a son of the Ye family of Chuzhou. At first he was ordained under Puzhao Ying. Traveling out, he consulted Foyan. One day, hearing Foyan cite Xuansha's stubbing his toe, he had a great awakening. He resided at Nanming in the prefecture. Ascending the hall, [he said]: "If you understand, then understand right away: jade is inherently without flaw. If you say you do not understand: flowers bloom from the pestle's tip. May I ask, how does nine years of facing the wall compare to holding up a flower at the great assembly? When Nanming deliberates like this, it too is throwing sand with the wind." Later he was transferred to Wuju. Instructing the assembly, he cited: Master Ji asked a monk, "What is the meaning of Chan?" Though the assembly offered replies, none resonated with his mind. The monks requested further instruction, and Ji said on their behalf, "Slander is its meaning." The master said, "The Buddhas of the three periods are slander. The twenty-eight patriarchs of the Western Heavens are slander. The six patriarchs of the Tang land are slander. The venerable old masters throughout the world are slander. All of you are slander. This mountain monk is slander. Among them, is there still one who does not slander? Speaking of the profound and explaining the wondrous as numerous as the sands of the Ganges—how can it compare to Shuangfeng's intimate slander?" Suddenly he manifested a slight illness. His disciple, Professor Wang Qiaonian, came to inquire after him, and he entrusted him with the funeral affairs. He spoke a gāthā: / "Knowing means knowing one's own fundamental mind; / Seeing means seeing one's own fundamental nature. / To know the fundamental mind and fundamental nature / Is precisely the great illness of our school." / He further annotated it: / "There are thorns in the soft mud; / Do not say that having no doubt is good." / At dawn he bathed, changed robes, sat cross-legged, and passed away. The jhāpita yielded five-colored śarīra; wherever the smoke reached, śarīra appeared in abundance. His teeth and tongue did not decay. A stupa was erected west of the temple.