景德傳燈錄 15.12

15.12

湖州道場山如訥禪師。僧問。如何是教意。師曰。汝自看。僧禮拜。師曰。明月鋪霄漢山川勢自分。問如何得聞性不隨緣去。師曰。汝聽看。僧禮拜。師曰。聾人也唱胡笳調。好惡高低自不聞。僧曰。恁麼即聞性宛然也。師曰。石從空裏立。火向水中焚。問虛空還有邊際否。師曰。汝也太多知。僧禮拜。師曰。三尺杖頭挑日月。一塵飛起任遮天。問如何是道人。師曰。行運無蹤迹。起坐絕人知。僧曰。如何即是。師曰。三爐力盡無煙焰。萬頃平由水不流。問一念不生時如何。師曰。堪作什麼。僧無語。師又曰。透出龍門雲雨合。山川大地入無蹤。師目有重瞳。垂手過膝。自翠微受訣。乃止于道場山薙草卓庵。學徒四至遂成禪苑。廣闡法化。所遺壞衲三事及開山拄杖木屐。今在影堂中（按塔銘云。師姓許氏。吳興人。七歲去氏。於烏墩光福寺。八年如京師受具戒。抵豫章得心印。於翠微後結廬於道場山。猛摯之獸馴戢如奉教）。

Chan Master Runai of Mount Daochang in Huzhou. A monk asked, "What is the meaning of the teachings?" The Master said, "Look for yourself." The monk bowed. The Master said, "The bright moon spreads across the Milky Way; the contours of mountains and rivers are naturally distinct." [The monk] asked, "How can the nature of hearing be attained without following conditions?" The Master said, "Listen and see." The monk bowed. The Master said, "A deaf person also sings the tune of the barbarian pipe; good and bad, high and low, they themselves do not hear." The monk said, "If so, then the nature of hearing is fully present!" The Master said, "A stone stands in empty space; fire burns in water." [The monk] asked, "Does empty space have a boundary or not?" The Master said, "You know far too much." The monk bowed. The Master said, "On the tip of a three-foot staff, carrying the sun and the moon; a speck of dust flies up, letting it cover the sky." [The monk] asked, "What is a person of the Way?" The Master said, "Moving and acting without trace; rising and sitting, completely hidden from others." The monk said, "What is it like then?" The Master said, "The force of three furnaces is exhausted, without smoke or flame; ten thousand acres are level because the water does not flow." [The monk] asked, "How is it when not a single thought arises?" The Master said, "What can that be used for?" The monk was silent. The Master added, "Penetrating through the Dragon Gate, clouds and rain merge; mountains, rivers, and the great earth leave no trace." The Master had double pupils in his eyes, and his hanging hands reached past his knees. After receiving the secret instruction from Cuiwei, he settled on Mount Daochang, cut away the grass, and set up a hut. Students arrived from the four directions, and it subsequently became a Chan monastery, broadly unfolding the transformation of the Dharma. The three robes of ragged patched cloth that he left behind, as well as the staff and wooden clogs used when opening the mountain, are today preserved in the portrait hall. (According to the pagoda inscription: The Master's family name was Xu, a native of Wuxing. At the age of seven he left his family at Guangfu Temple in Wudun. In the eighth year [of his ordination/training], he went to the capital to receive the full precepts. He went to Yuzhang and received the mind-seal from Cuiwei, and later built a hut on Mount Daochang. Fierce beasts were tamed and subdued as though receiving his instruction.)