景德傳燈錄 20.24

20.24

撫州荷玉山玄悟大師光慧。初住龍泉上堂謂眾曰。雪峯和尚為人如金翅鳥入海取龍相似。時有僧問。和尚如何。師曰。什麼處去來。問如何是西來的的意。師曰。不禮拜更待何時。問如何是密傳底心。師良久。僧曰。恁麼即徒勞側耳。師喚侍者云。來燒火著。問古人道。若記一句論劫作野狐精。未審古人意如何。師曰。龍泉僧堂未曾鎖。曰和尚如何。師曰。風吹耳朵。問路逢猛獸時如何。師曰。憨作麼。問如何是聲前一句。師曰。恰似不道。問古人云。如紅鑪上一點雪。意旨如何。師曰。惜取眉毛好問如何指示即不昧於時中。師曰。不可雪上更加霜。曰恁麼即全因和尚去也。師曰。因什麼。問如何履踐即得不昧於宗風。師曰。須道龍泉好手。曰請和尚好手。師曰却憶鍾期。問古人道。生也不道死也不道意如何。師良久僧禮拜。師曰。會麼曰不會。師曰。也是厨寒甑足塵。師有時舉拄杖示眾曰。從上皆留此一路方便接人。時有僧出曰。和尚又是從頭起也。師曰。謝相悉問機關不轉請師商量。師曰。啞得我口麼。問如何是文殊。師曰。不可有第二月也。曰即今事如何。師曰。正是第二月。問如何是如來語。師曰。猛風可繩縛。問如何是妙明真性。師曰。寬寬莫搕損。師上堂良久。有僧出曰。為眾竭力禍出私門。未審放過不放過。師默然。問如何是和尚為人一句。師曰。汝是九色鹿。問抱璞投師時如何。師曰。不是自家珍。曰如何是自家珍。師曰。不琢不成珍。

Great Master Xuanwu Guanghui of Mount Heyu in Fuzhou, when first residing at Longquan, went up to the hall and said to the assembly: "Upādhyāya Xuefeng helps people just like a garuḍa plunging into the ocean to seize a dragon." Then a monk asked: "How does the upādhyāya do it?" The Master said: "Where have you been?" [A monk] asked: "What is the exact meaning of the coming from the west?" The Master said: "If not bowing now, what further time are you waiting for?" [A monk] asked: "What is the secretly transmitted mind?" The Master was silent for a long time. The monk said: "If so, then I incline my ear in vain." The Master called to his attendant: "Come and light the fire!" [A monk] asked: "An ancient said: 'If you memorise a single phrase, you will be a wild fox spirit for kalpas.' May I ask what the ancient's intention was?" The Master said: "The Longquan Monks' Hall has never been locked." He said: "How does the upādhyāya do it?" The Master said: "The wind blows past the ears." [A monk] asked: "How is it when one meets a fierce beast on the road?" The Master said: "Why be foolish?" [A monk] asked: "What is the phrase before sound?" The Master said: "Just as if not spoken." [A monk] asked: "An ancient said: 'Like a flake of snow on a red furnace.' What is the meaning?" The Master said: "You had better take care of your eyebrows." [A monk] asked: "How should it be indicated so that one is not deluded at all times?" The Master said: "One must not add frost on top of snow." He said: "If so, then it entirely depends on the upādhyāya." The Master said: "Depends on what?" [A monk] asked: "How should one practice so as not to be deluded about the tradition of the school?" The Master said: "One must say that Longquan has a skilled hand." He said: "Please show your skilled hand, Upādhyāya." The Master said: "Instead, I remember Zhong Qi." [A monk] asked: "An ancient said: 'Neither speaking of life nor speaking of death'—what is the intention?" The Master was silent for a long time. The monk bowed. The Master said: "Do you understand?" He said: "I do not understand." The Master said: "It is indeed a cold kitchen and a steaming vessel covered in dust." Sometimes the Master raised his staff, showed it to the assembly, and said: "From ancient times, everyone has left this one path of skillful means to guide people." Then a monk stepped forward and said: "The upādhyāya is starting from the beginning again!" The Master said: "Thank you for your understanding." [A monk] asked: "When the mechanism does not turn, please deliberate on it, Master." The Master said: "Can you mute my mouth?" [A monk] asked: "What is Mañjuśrī?" The Master said: "There cannot be a second moon." He said: "How is it right now?" The Master said: "It is precisely the second moon." [A monk] asked: "What is the Tathāgata's word?" The Master said: "A fierce wind can be bound with a rope." [A monk] asked: "What is the wondrous and bright true nature?" The Master said: "Be broad and relaxed; do not damage it." The Master went up to the hall and remained silent for a long time. A monk came forward and said: "Exerting one's strength for the sake of the assembly, calamity comes from one's own gate. May I ask whether you let it pass or not?" The Master was silent. [A monk] asked: "What is the upādhyāya's phrase that guides people?" The Master said: "You are a nine-coloured deer." [A monk] asked: "How is it when holding an unpolished gem and offering it to the master?" The Master said: "It is not one's own treasure." He said: "What is one's own treasure?" The Master said: "If not carved, it does not become a treasure."