景德傳燈錄 12.28

12.28

鎮州萬歲和尚僧問。大眾上堂合譚何事。師曰。序品第一。問僧家究竟如何。師曰。本來只是吹灰法。却向灘頭卸却衣。師訪寶壽。初見便展坐具。寶壽即下禪床。師乃坐彼禪床。寶壽驟入方丈。少頃知事白師曰。堂頭和尚已關却門也。請和尚庫頭喫茶。師乃歸院。翌日寶壽來復謁。師踞禪床。寶壽展坐具。師亦下禪床。寶壽還坐禪床。師歸方丈閉關。寶壽入侍者寮內取灰。於方丈前圍三道而退。

Upādhyāya Wansui of Zhenzhou. A monk asked, "When the great assembly ascends the hall, what matter should properly be discussed?" The Master said, "'Introductory Chapter, First.'" The monk asked, "What is the ultimate of the monastic?" The Master said, "Originally it is just the technique of blowing ash, yet on the shoal one takes off one's robe." The Master visited Baoshou. When they first met, he immediately spread his sitting cloth. Baoshou then got down from the meditation bench. The Master then sat on that meditation bench. Baoshou rushed into the abbot's quarters. After a short while, the administrator reported to the Master, "The Upādhyāya of the hall has already shut the gate. We invite the Upādhyāya to drink tea in the storehouse office." The Master then returned to his monastery. The next day Baoshou came to return the visit. The Master sat squatting on the meditation bench. Baoshou spread his sitting cloth. The Master also got down from the meditation bench. Baoshou sat on the meditation bench in turn. The Master returned to the abbot's quarters and closed the gate. Baoshou went into the attendants' quarters, took some ash, drew three lines enclosing the front of the abbot's quarters, and withdrew.