景德傳燈錄 21.22

21.22

泉州招慶院道匡禪師潮州人也。自稜和尚始居招慶。師乃入室參侍。暨稜和尚召入長樂府盛化于西院。師繼踵住於招慶。學眾如故。師上堂曰。聲前薦得孤負平生。句後投機殊乖道體。為什麼如此。大眾且道。從來合作麼生。又謂眾曰。招慶今夜與諸人一時道却。還委落處麼。時有僧出曰。大眾一時散去還稱師意也無。師曰。好與拄杖。僧禮拜。師曰。雖有盲龜之意。且無曉月之程。僧曰。如何是曉月之程。師曰。此是盲龜之意。問如何是沙門行。師曰。非行不行。問如何是西來意。師曰。蚊子上鐵牛。問如何是在匣劍。師良久。僧罔措。師曰。也須感荷招慶始得。問如何是提宗一句。師曰。不得昧著招慶。其僧禮拜起。師又曰不得昧著招慶。囑汝作麼生是提宗一句。僧無對。問文殊劍下不承當時如何。師曰。未是好手人。僧曰。如何是好手人。師曰。是汝話墮也。問如何是招慶家風。師曰。寧可清貧自樂。不作濁富多憂。問如何是南泉一線道。師曰。不辭向汝道恐較中更較去。問如何是佛法大意。師曰。七顛八倒。問學人根思遲迴。乞師曲運慈悲開一線道。師曰。遮箇是老婆心。僧曰悲華剖拆以領尊慈。從上宗乘事如何。師曰。恁麼須得汝親問始得。師問僧。什麼處去來。僧曰。劈柴來。師曰。還有劈不破底也無。僧曰有。師曰。作麼生是劈不破底。僧無語。師曰。汝若道不得問我。我與汝道。僧曰。作麼生是劈不破底。師曰。賺殺人因地動。僧問。還有不動者無。師曰。有僧曰。如何是不動者。師曰。動從東來却歸西去。問法雨普霑還有不潤處否。師曰有。僧曰。如何是不潤處。師曰。水灑不著。問如何是招慶深深處。師曰。和汝沒却。問如何是九重城裏人。師曰。還共汝知聞麼。師上堂僧眾擁法座。師曰。遮裏無物。諸人苦恁麼相促相拶作麼。擬心早勿交涉。更上門戶千里萬里。今既上來各著精彩。招慶一時拋與諸人好麼。師復問。還接得也未。眾無對。師曰。勞而無功。汝諸人得恁麼鈍。看他古人一兩箇得恁麼快。才見便負將去。亦較些子。若有此箇人。非但四事供養。便以瑠璃為地白銀為壁亦未為貴。帝釋引前梵王從後。攬長河為酥酪。變大地為黃金。亦未為足。直得如是猶更有一級在。還委得麼珍重。

Chan Master Daokuang of Zhaoqing Cloister in Quanzhou was a native of Chaozhou. When Upādhyāya Leng first resided at Zhaoqing, the master entered his room and attended upon him. When Upādhyāya Leng was summoned to Changle Prefecture and flourished in transforming beings at the West Cloister, the master succeeded his footsteps and resided at Zhaoqing, the assembly of students remaining as before. The master ascended the hall and said, 'Understanding before the sound lets down your whole life; matching the opportunity after the phrase completely goes against the essence of the Way. Why is it like this? Assembly, tell me, how should it originally be?' He also said to the assembly, 'Tonight Zhaoqing speaks it all at once for you. Do you still understand where it lands?' At that time a monk came forward and said, 'If the great assembly scatters all at once, does that match the master's intention or not?' The master said, 'A staff is well deserved.' The monk bowed. The master said, 'Although you have the intention of the blind turtle, you still lack the journey of the dawn moon.' The monk said, 'What is the journey of the dawn moon?' The master said, 'This is the intention of the blind turtle.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the practice of a śramaṇa?' The master said, 'Non-practice is not practice.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the meaning of coming from the West?' The master said, 'A mosquito on an iron ox.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the sword in the scabbard?' The master remained silent for a long while. The monk was at a loss. The master said, 'You must also be grateful to Zhaoqing before you get it.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the phrase that brings forth the school?' The master said, 'Do not be deluded about Zhaoqing.' The monk bowed and stood up. The master said again, 'Do not be deluded about Zhaoqing! I instruct you: what is the phrase that brings forth the school?' The monk had no answer. [A monk] asked, 'When one does not accept it under Mañjuśrī's sword, what then?' The master said, 'Not yet a skilled hand.' The monk said, 'What is a skilled hand?' The master said, 'Your words have fallen into error.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the Zhaoqing house style?' The master said, 'Better to take joy in pure poverty than to have much sorrow in murky wealth.' [A monk] asked, 'What is Nanquan's single-thread path?' The master said, 'I do not begrudge telling you, but I fear that compared to before, it will be even more disparate.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the great meaning of the Buddha-dharma?' The master said, 'Seven toppled and eight fallen.' [A monk] asked, 'The student's capacity and thought are slow and hesitating; I beg the master to gently exercise your compassion and open a single-thread path.' The master said, 'This is grandmotherly mind.' The monk said, 'The Karuṇāpuṇḍarīka is unfolded so that I may receive your venerable compassion. What is the matter of the ancestral vehicle transmitted from above?' The master said, 'If so, you must ask in person before you can get it.' The master asked a monk, 'Where have you come from?' The monk said, 'From chopping firewood.' The master said, 'Is there anything that cannot be chopped through?' The monk said, 'There is.' The master said, 'What is it that cannot be chopped through?' The monk was speechless. The master said, 'If you cannot say, ask me and I will tell you.' The monk said, 'What is it that cannot be chopped through?' The master said, 'It swindles people to death because the ground moves.' A monk asked, 'Is there one that does not move?' The master said, 'There is.' The monk said, 'What is the one that does not move?' The master said, 'Movement comes from the east and then returns to the west.' [A monk] asked, 'When the Dharma rain moistens universally, is there anywhere that is not moistened?' The master said, 'There is.' The monk said, 'What is the place that is not moistened?' The master said, 'Sprinkled water cannot touch it.' [A monk] asked, 'What is Zhaoqing's profoundest depth?' The master said, 'Drowning you together with it.' [A monk] asked, 'What is the person within the ninefold city walls?' The master said, 'Does he still share acquaintance with you?' The master ascended the hall, and the assembly of monks crowded around the Dharma seat. The master said, 'There is nothing here. Why do you insist on crowding and jostling one another like this? The stirring of thought already has no connection with it; trying to set up another gate is thousands and tens of thousands of miles away. Now that you have come up, each of you summon your spirits! Would it be good if Zhaoqing threw it all down to you at once?' The master asked again, 'Have you caught it yet?' The assembly had no answer. The master said, 'Labour without merit! How can all of you be so dull? Look at those one or two ancients who were so quick: as soon as they saw it, they carried it off on their shoulders—that was at least a bit better! If there were such a person, not only the four requisites of offering, but even turning the ground to lapis lazuli and the walls to white silver would not be considered precious; Śakra leading before and Brahmā following behind, churning the long river into clarified butter and transforming the great earth into yellow gold would still not be considered sufficient. Even if one attains directly like this, there is still one more grade remaining. Do you understand? Take care!'