景德傳燈錄 21.10

21.10

福州升山白龍院道希禪師福州閩縣人也。師上堂曰。不要舉足是誰威光。還會麼。若道自家去處本自如是。切喜勿交涉。問如何是西來意。師曰。汝從什麼處來。問如何是佛法大意。師曰。汝早禮三拜。問不責。上來請師直道。師曰得。問如何是正真道。師曰。騎驢覓驢。問請師答無賓主話。師曰。昔年曾記得。僧曰。即今如何。師曰。非但耳聾亦兼眼暗。問情忘體合時如何。師曰。別更夢見箇什麼。問學人擬申一問請師裁。師曰。不裁。僧曰。為什麼不裁。師曰。須知好手。問大眾雲集請師舉揚宗教。師曰。少過聽者。問不涉脣鋒乞師指示。師曰。不涉脣鋒問將來。僧曰。恁麼即群生有賴。師曰。莫閑言語。問請和尚生機答話。師曰。把紙筆來錄將去。問如何是思大口。師曰。出來向爾道。僧曰。學人即今見出。師曰。曾賺幾人來。問承古人有言。髑髏常干世界鼻孔毛觸家風。如何是髑髏常干世界。師曰。近前來向爾道。僧曰。如何是鼻孔毛觸家風。師曰。退後去別時來。

Chan Master Daoxi of Bailong Monastery on Mount Sheng in Fuzhou was a native of Min County in Fuzhou. The Master ascended the hall and said, "Whose majestic radiance is it not to lift a foot? Do you still understand? If you say one's own destination is fundamentally just like this, it is entirely delightful that there is no connection." A monk asked, "What is the meaning of the [Patriarch's] coming from the West?" The Master said, "Where did you come from?" [A monk] asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?" The Master said, "Make three prostrations early." [A monk] asked, "Without finding fault, having come up, I ask the Master to speak directly." The Master said, "Agreed." [A monk] asked, "What is the correct and true Way?" The Master said, "Riding a donkey to search for a donkey." [A monk] asked, "Please, Master, answer the topic of host and guest without [distinction]." The Master said, "In former years I once remembered it." The monk said, "How about right now?" The Master said, "Not only am I deaf, but my eyes are also dim." [A monk] asked, "How is it when sentiments are forgotten and substance unites?" The Master said, "What else do you dream of seeing?" [A monk] asked, "I intend to present a question; please, Master, decide it." The Master said, "I will not decide it." The monk said, "Why do you not decide it?" The Master said, "One must recognize a skilled hand." [A monk] asked, "The great assembly has gathered like clouds; please, Master, proclaim the ancestral teachings." The Master said, "Few are those who surpass the listener." [A monk] asked, "Without involving the sharp edge of the lips, I beg the Master's instruction." The Master said, "Bring your question without involving the sharp edge of the lips." The monk said, "In that case, the multitude of living beings can rely on it." The Master said, "No idle talk." [A monk] asked, "Please, Upādhyāya, answer my words with living dynamism." The Master said, "Take paper and brush and record it away." [A monk] asked, "What was Great Master Si's mouth?" The Master said, "Come out, and I will tell you." The monk said, "I have just now stepped forward." The Master said, "How many people have you deceived?" [A monk] asked, "I take note that an ancient said, 'The skull constantly dries up the world; the hairs of the nostrils touch the house style.' What is 'the skull constantly dries up the world'?" The Master said, "Come close, and I will tell you." The monk said, "What is 'the hairs of the nostrils touch the house style'?" The Master said, "Step back; come another time."