景德傳燈錄 19.12

19.12

泉州睡龍山道溥號弘教大師。福州福唐人也。姓鄭氏。寶林院受業。自雪峯印心住五峯。上堂曰。莫道空山無秖待。便歸方丈。僧問。凡有言句不出大千頂。未審頂外事如何。師曰。凡有言句不是大千頂。曰如何是大千頂。師曰。摩醯首羅天猶是小千界。問初心後學近入叢林方便門中乞師指示。師敲門枋。僧曰。向上還有事也無。師曰有。曰如何是向上事。師再敲門枋。

Chan Master Daopu of Mount Shuilong in Quanzhou, known by the title Great Master Hongjiao, was a native of Futang in Fuzhou surnamed Zheng. He was tonsured at Baolin Monastery. Having received the mind-seal from Xuefeng, he resided at Wufeng. Ascending the hall, he said, “Do not say there is no reception in the empty mountain,” and thereupon returned to the abbot's quarters.

A monk asked, “All words and phrases do not exceed the crown of the great chiliocosm. I do not know, what is the matter beyond the crown?”
The Master said, “All words and phrases are not the crown of the great chiliocosm.”
The monk asked, “What is the crown of the great chiliocosm?”
The Master said, “The heaven of Maheśvara is still a small chiliocosm realm.”

[A monk] asked, “As a beginner and later student who has newly entered the monastery, I beg the master for instruction within the gate of skillful means.”
The Master knocked on the doorframe.
The monk asked, “Is there still a transcendental matter?”
The Master said, “There is.”
The monk asked, “What is the transcendental matter?”
The Master knocked on the doorframe again.