景德傳燈錄 12.60

12.60

越州清化全付禪師。吳郡崑山人也。父賈販。師隨至豫章。聞禪會之盛遂啟求出家。即詣江夏投清平大師。清平問曰。汝來何求。曰求法也。清平異而攝受之。尋登戒度奉事彌謹。一旦自謂曰。學無常師豈宜匏繫於此乎。即辭抵宜春仰山禮南塔涌和尚。涌問。從何而來。師曰。鄂州來。涌曰。鄂州使君名什麼。曰化下不敢相觸。涌曰。此地通不畏。師曰。大丈夫何必相試。涌囅然而笑。遂蒙印可乃遊廬陵。安福縣宰為建應國禪苑。迎以聚徒本道。上聞賜名清化焉。僧問。如何是和尚急切為人處。師曰。朝看東南暮看西北。僧曰。不會。師曰。徒誇東陽客不識西陽珍。問如何是正法眼。師曰。不可青天白日尿床也。師後因同里僧勉還故國。錢氏文穆王特加禮重。晉天福二年丁酉歲錢氏戍將闢雲峯山建院。亦以清化為名。法侶臻萃。僧問。如何是佛法大意。師曰。華表柱頭木鶴飛。問路逢達道人不將語默對。未審將什麼對。師曰。眼裏瞳人吹叫子。問和尚年多少。師曰。始見去年九月九。如今又見秋葉黃。僧曰。恁麼即無數也。師曰。問取黃葉。曰畢竟事如何。師曰。六隻骰子滿盆紅。問亡僧遷化向什麼處去。師曰。長江無間斷聚沫任風飄。曰還受祭祀也無。師曰祭祀即不無。僧曰。如何祭祀。師曰。漁歌舉櫂谷裏聞聲。至忠獻王賜以紫方袍。師不受。王改以衲衣。仍號純一禪師。師曰。吾非飾讓也。慮後人倣吾而逞欲耳。開運四年丁未秋七月示疾安然坐逝。有大風震摧林木。壽六十六。臘四十五。

Chan Master Qinghua Quanfu of Yuezhou was a native of Kunshan in Wujun. His father was a merchant. Following him to Yuzhang, the master heard of the flourishing Chan assemblies and thereupon sought to leave household life. He went to Jiangxia and took refuge with Great Master Qingping. Qingping asked, "What do you seek in coming here?" He said, "I seek the Dharma." Qingping regarded him as exceptional and accepted him. Soon he received the precepts and served with ever greater diligence. One day, he said to himself, "In learning there is no fixed teacher; why should I be tied down here like a gourd?" Thereupon he took his leave, went to Mount Yang in Yichun, and paid homage to Upādhyāya Nanta Yong. Yong asked, "Where have you come from?" The master said, "From Ezhou." Yong said, "What is the name of the regional governor of Ezhou?" The master said, "Under your converting influence, I dare not provoke him." Yong said, "In this place, it is altogether fearless." The master said, "Why should a great hero test another?" Yong smiled broadly, and thereupon conferred his seal of approval. The master then travelled to Luling. The magistrate of Anfu County built the Yingguo Chan Cloister for him, welcoming him to gather disciples. When this was reported to the authorities of the circuit, the name Qinghua was bestowed [on the cloister]. A monk asked, "What is the Upādhyāya's pressing way of helping people?" The master said, "In the morning look southeast; at dusk look northwest." The monk said, "I do not understand." The master said, "Vainly boasting of the guest from Dongyang, you do not recognize the treasure of Xiyang." The monk asked, "What is the correct Dharma eye?" The master said, "One must not wet the bed in broad daylight." Later, urged by a monk from his home village, the master returned to his native land. King Wenmu of the Qian family treated him with special reverence. In the dingyou year, the second year of Tianfu of the Jin, a garrison commander of the Qian family cleared Mount Yunfeng and built a monastery, also naming it Qinghua. Dharma companions gathered there in abundance. A monk asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha-Dharma?" The master said, "Atop the ceremonial pillar, the wooden crane takes flight." The monk asked, "When meeting an adept on the road, one should not respond with speech or silence; I do not know, with what should one respond?" The master said, "The pupil in the eye blows a whistle." The monk asked, "How old is the Upādhyāya?" The master said, "I only just saw the ninth day of the ninth month of last year, and now I see the yellow autumn leaves again." The monk said, "In that case, it is countless." The master said, "Ask the yellow leaves." The monk said, "In the end, how is it?" The master said, "Six dice, the whole bowl red." The monk asked, "When a deceased monk passes away, to what place does he go?" The master said, "The Long River flows unbroken; gathering foam drifts at the mercy of the wind." The monk asked, "Does he still receive offerings and sacrifices?" The master said, "As for offerings and sacrifices, indeed he does not lack them." The monk said, "How are the offerings and sacrifices made?" The master said, "The fisherman's song raises the oars; its sound is heard in the valley." When King Zhongxian offered him a purple square robe, the master declined to accept it. The king replaced it with a patched robe, and further titled him Chan Master Chunyi. The master said, "It is not that I make a show of refusal; I fear that later generations would imitate me to indulge their desires." In the autumn, the seventh month of the dingwei year, the fourth year of Kaiyun, he showed signs of illness and sat peacefully in passing. A great wind broke and destroyed the forest trees. His age was sixty-six; his Dharma age was forty-five.