景德傳燈錄 12.16

12.16

杭州文喜禪師嘉禾蓹兒人也。姓朱氏。七歲出家。唐開成二年趙郡具戒。初習四分律。屬會昌廢教返服韜晦。大中初例重懺度於鹽官齊峯寺。後謁大慈山性空禪師。性空曰。子何不遍參乎。咸通三年至洪州觀音院見仰山。言下頓了心契。仰山令典常住。一日有異僧就求齋食。師減己分饋之。仰山預知問曰。適來果位人汝給食否。答曰。輟己迴施。仰山曰。汝大利益。七年旋浙右止千頃山築室而居。會巢寇之亂避地湖州住仁王院。光啟三年錢王請住龍泉廨署（今慈光院）僧問。如何是涅槃相。州曰。香煙盡處驗。問如何是佛法大意。師曰。喚院主來遮師僧患顛。問如何是自己。師默然。僧罔措。再問。師曰。青天蒙昧不向月邊飛。大順元年錢王表薦賜紫衣。乾寧四年又奏師號曰無著。光化三年示疾。十月二十七日夜子時告眾曰。三界心盡即是涅槃。言訖跏趺而終。壽八十。臘六十。終時方丈發白光竹樹同色。十一月二十二日遷塔靈隱山西塢（天祐二年宣城帥田頵應杭將許思叛換縱兵大掠。發師塔覩肉身不壞髮爪俱長。武肅王奇之。遣裨將邵志重封瘞焉）。

Chan Master Wenxi of Hangzhou was a native of Yuer in Jiahe. His family name was Zhu. He left home at the age of seven. In the second year of the Kaicheng era of the Tang, he received the full precepts in Zhao Commandery. At first he studied the Four-Part Vinaya. Encountering the abolition of the teachings during the Huichang era, he returned to lay clothes and concealed his light. At the beginning of the Dazhong era, following the general pardon, he was re-ordained through repentance at Qifeng Temple in Yanguan. Later he called on Chan Master Xingkong of Mount Daci. Xingkong said, 'Why do you not travel and study everywhere?' In the third year of the Xiantong era, he arrived at Guanyin Cloister in Hongzhou and met Yangshan. Upon a single phrase he was suddenly enlightened and matched Yangshan's mind. Yangshan had him manage the permanent property of the monastery. One day an unusual monk came asking for a vegetarian meal; the master reduced his own portion to provide it to him. Yangshan knew of it in advance and asked, 'Did you give food just now to the person of attained fruit?' He replied, 'I gave up my own share to make the offering.' Yangshan said, 'You have gained great benefit.' In the seventh year he returned to western Zhejiang and stayed at Mount Qianqing, building a hut to dwell in. Encountering the chaos of the rebel Huang Chao, he took refuge in Huzhou and resided at Renwang Cloister. In the third year of the Guangqi era, Prince Qian invited him to reside at the government office of Longquan (now the Ciguang Cloister). A monk asked, 'What is the appearance of nirvāṇa?' The master said, 'Examine it where the incense smoke is exhausted.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?' The master said, 'Call the director of the cloister; this monk has gone mad.' [A monk] asked, 'What is oneself?' The master was silent. The monk was at a loss, and asked again. The master said, 'The blue sky is dim and overcast; do not fly toward the side of the moon.' In the first year of the Dashun era, Prince Qian memorialized to recommend him, and he was bestowed the purple robe. In the fourth year of the Qianning era, [the prince] again memorialized for a master's title, which was granted as 'Wuzhuo' (Without Attachment). In the third year of the Guanghua era he showed illness. On the twenty-seventh day of the tenth month, at the hour of the rat, he addressed the assembly, saying, 'When the mind of the three realms is exhausted, that is nirvāṇa.' Having spoken, he sat cross-legged and passed away. His age was eighty; his monastic age was sixty. At his passing, the abbot's quarters emitted a white light, and the bamboo and trees turned the same colour. On the twenty-second day of the eleventh month, his stupa was moved to the western gorge of Mount Lingyin. (In the second year of the Tianyou era, Tian Yun, the commander of Xuancheng, mutinied in response to the Hangzhou general Xu Si, unleashing troops in great plundering. They opened the master's stupa and saw that his flesh body was uncorrupted and his hair and nails had all grown. Prince Wusu marvelled at it, and dispatched the junior general Shao Zhi to reseal and inter it.)