景德傳燈錄 16.11

16.11

河中南際山僧一禪師。僧問。幸獲親近乞師指示。師曰。我若指示即屈著汝。僧曰。教學人作麼生即是。師曰。切忌是非。問如何是衲僧氣息。師曰。還曾熏著汝也無。問類即不問如何是異。師曰。要頭即一任斫將去。問如何是法身主。師曰。不過來。又問。如何是毘盧師。師曰。不超越。師初居末山。後閩帥請開法。於長慶禪苑卒。諡本淨大師。塔曰無塵。

Chan Master Sengyi of Mount Nanjishan in Hezhong. A monk asked, "Having the good fortune to draw near, I beg the Master for guidance." The master said, "If I were to guide you, I would be doing you an injustice." The monk said, "What should you teach this student to do that would be right?" The master said, "Above all, avoid right and wrong." He asked, "What is the breath of a patch-robed monk?" The master said, "Has it ever fumigated you?" He asked, "I do not ask about the identical; what is the distinct?" The master said, "If you want my head, you are completely free to chop it off and take it away." He asked, "Who is the master of the Dharma-body?" The master said, "It does not pass over." He further asked, "Who is the teacher of Vairocana?" The master said, "It does not transcend." The master first resided at Moshan; later the military governor of Min invited him to open the Dharma. He passed away at the Changqing Chan Yard. He was given the posthumous title Great Master Benjing, and his pagoda was called Wuchen (Dustless).