景德傳燈錄 17.11

17.11

京兆蜆子和尚不知何許人也。事迹頗異。居無定所。自印心於洞山混俗於閩川。不畜道具不循律儀。常日沿江岸採掇蝦蜆以充腹。暮即臥東山白馬廟紙錢中。居民目為蜆子和尚。華嚴靜師聞之欲決真假。先潛入紙錢中。深夜師歸。靜把住問曰。如何是祖師西來意。師遽答曰。神前酒臺盤。靜奇之懺謝而退。後靜師化行京都。師亦至焉。竟不聚徒演法。惟佯狂而已。

Upādhyāya Xianzi (‘Clam’) of Jingzhao: it is not known where he was from. His deeds were quite eccentric, and he had no fixed residence. After receiving the mind-seal at Dongshan, he mingled with the common folk in Minchuan. He kept no monastic implements and observed no vinaya rules. During the day, he would regularly gather shrimp and clams along the riverbank to fill his belly; at dusk, he would sleep amid the paper money in the White Horse Shrine on Mount Dong. The local inhabitants called him Upādhyāya Clam. When Master Jing of Huayan heard of him, wishing to determine whether he was genuine or false, he first slipped in advance into the paper money. Late at night, the Master returned. Jing grabbed hold of him and asked, “What is the meaning of the ancestral master’s coming from the West?” The Master immediately replied, “The wine table-tray in front of the deity.” Jing marveled at him, apologized with bows, and withdrew. Later, when Master Jing’s teaching was active in the capital, the Master also arrived there. In the end, he never gathered disciples to expound the Dharma, but merely feigned madness.