景德傳燈錄 16.18

16.18

福山覆船山洪荐禪師。僧問。如何是本來面目。師閉目吐舌。又開目吐舌。僧曰。本來有如許多面目。師曰。適來見什麼問路逢達道人不將語默對。未審將什麼對。師曰。老僧也恁麼。師將示滅三日前。令侍者喚第一坐來。師臥出氣一聲第一坐喚侍者曰。和尚渴要湯水喫。師乃面壁而臥。臨終令集眾。乃展兩手出舌示之。時第三坐曰。諸人和尚舌根硬也。師曰。苦哉苦哉。誠如第三坐所言。舌根硬去也。再言之而告寂。諡紹隆大師。塔曰廣濟。

Chan Master Hongjian of Mount Fuchuan in Fuzhou. A monk asked, "What is the original face?" The Master closed his eyes and stuck out his tongue, then opened his eyes and stuck out his tongue again. The monk said, "Does the original possess as many faces as this?" The Master said, "What did you just see?" [The monk] asked, "When meeting a person who has attained the Way on the road, one does not greet them with speech or silence; I wonder, what does one greet them with?" The Master said, "This old monk also does so." Three days before the Master was to manifest passing away, he ordered the attendant to summon the first seat. The Master lay down and uttered a breath. The first seat called the attendant and said, "The upādhyāya is thirsty and wants some decoction or water to drink." The Master then lay down facing the wall. When his end drew near, he ordered the assembly to gather, then spread out both hands, stuck out his tongue, and showed it to them. At that time, the third seat said, "Everyone, the upādhyāya's root of the tongue has stiffened." The Master said, "How bitter, how bitter! It is truly as the third seat says: the root of the tongue is stiffening away." Having spoken this again, he announced his passing. He was given the posthumous title Great Master Shaolong, and his pagoda was named Guangji.