景德傳燈錄 11.25

11.25

韶州靈樹如敏禪師閩川人也。廣主劉氏奕世欽重。署知聖大師。有僧問。佛法至理如何。師展手而已。問如何是和尚家風。師云。千年田八百主。僧云如何是千年田八百主。師云。郎當屋舍沒人修。問如何是西來意。師云。童子莫傜兒。僧云。乞師指示。師云。汝從虔州來。問是什麼得恁麼難會。師云。火官頭上風車子。有尼送瓷鉢與師。師托起問云。遮箇出在什麼處。尼云。出在定州（法燈別云不遠此間）師乃撲破。尼無對（保福代云。欺敵者亡）人問和尚年多少。師云。今日生來日死。又問。和尚生緣什麼處。師云。日出東月落西。師四十餘年化被嶺表。頗有異迹。廣主將興兵。躬入院請師決臧否。師已先知怡然坐化。主怒知事云。和尚何時得疾。對曰。師不曾有疾。適封一函子令俟王來呈之。主開函得一帖子。書云。人天眼目堂中上座。主悟師旨遂寢兵。乃召第一坐開堂說法（即雲門偃和尚法嗣雪峯是也）師全不身散。其葬具龕塔並廣主具辦。今號靈樹真身塔焉。

Chan Master Rumin of Lingshu in Shaozhou was a native of Minchuan. The Liu rulers of Guang[zhou] venerated him generation after generation, granting him the title of Great Master Zhisheng. A monk asked, "What is the ultimate principle of the Buddha Dharma?" The Master merely stretched out his hand. [A monk] asked, "What is the Upādhyāya's house style?" The Master said, "A thousand-year field has eight hundred owners." The monk said, "What is a thousand-year field with eight hundred owners?" The Master said, "A dilapidated house that no one repairs." [A monk] asked, "What is the meaning of [the Patriarch's] coming from the West?" The Master said, "Young boy, do not play pranks." The monk said, "I beg the Master's instruction." The Master said, "You came from Qianzhou." [A monk] asked, "What is it that is so hard to understand?" The Master said, "A windmill on the Fire God's head." A nun offered a porcelain bowl to the Master. The Master held it up and asked, "Where was this produced?" The nun said, "It was produced in Dingzhou." (Fadeng commented in place of her: "Not far from here.") The Master then smashed it. The nun had no reply. (Baofu answered in place of her: "He who underestimates the enemy perishes.") Someone asked, "How old is the Upādhyāya?" The Master said, "Born today, dying tomorrow." He also asked, "Where is the Upādhyāya's place of origin?" The Master said, "The sun rises in the east, the moon sets in the west." For more than forty years the Master's teaching reached south of the ranges, with quite a few wondrous traces. When the ruler of Guang was about to raise troops, he personally went to the monastery to ask the Master to judge whether it would be auspicious or not. Having known in advance, the Master serenely passed away in the seated posture. The ruler angrily asked the director of affairs, "When did the Upādhyāya fall ill?" He answered, "The Master was never ill. He just sealed a letter and ordered us to wait for the King's arrival to present it." The ruler opened the letter and found a note inside, which read: "The eye of devas and humans is the head monk in the hall." The ruler comprehended the Master's meaning and immediately stood down the troops. He then summoned the first seat to open the hall and preach the Dharma (this was Upādhyāya Yan of Yunmen, the Dharma heir of Xuefeng). The Master's whole body did not decay. His burial implements, niche, and stūpa were all provided by the ruler of Guang. It is now called the Stūpa of the True Body of Lingshu.