景德傳燈錄 21.6

21.6

杭州天龍寺重機明真大師台州黃巖人也。自玄沙得法迴入浙中。錢武肅王請說法住持。上堂示眾曰。若直舉宗風。獨唱本分事。便同於頑石。若言絕凡聖消息。無大地山河。盡十方世界都是一隻眼。此乃事不獲已恁麼道。所以常說。盲聾瘖瘂是僊陀。滿眼時人不奈何。只向目前須體妙身心萬象與森羅。僧問。如何是璿璣不動。師曰。青山數重。僧曰。如何是寂爾無根。師曰。白雲一帶。問如何是歸根得旨。師曰。兔角生也。僧曰。如何是隨照失宗。師曰。龜毛落也。問蓮華未出水時如何。師曰。誰人不知有。僧曰。出水後如何。師曰。馨香目擊。問朗月輝空時如何。師曰。正是分光景何消指玉樓。

Great Master Zhongji Mingzhen of Tianlong Temple in Hangzhou was a native of Huangyan in Taizhou. Having obtained the Dharma from Xuansha, he returned to the Zhejiang region. King Wusu of Qian invited him to preach the Dharma and reside as abbot. He ascended the hall and instructed the assembly, saying, "If one directly brings forward the tradition of the school and exclusively proclaims the fundamental matter, it is just like a stubborn rock. If one says that news of ordinary and sagely is cut off, there are no mountains and rivers of the great earth, and the worlds of the ten directions are entirely a single eye—this is merely saying so because there is no alternative. Therefore it is often said: 'Blind, deaf, mute, and dumb are saindhava; / People before one's eyes cannot do anything about it. / Just right before your eyes you must realize the subtlety: / Body, mind, and the myriad phenomena in dense array.'" A monk asked, "What is the armillary sphere not moving?" The Master said, "Several folds of green mountains." The monk said, "What is being still and rootless?" The Master said, "A ribbon of white clouds." [A monk] asked, "What is returning to the root and obtaining the purport?" The Master said, "The rabbit's horns have grown." The monk said, "What is following illumination and losing the source?" The Master said, "The turtle's hairs have fallen off." [A monk] asked, "How is it before the lotus flower has emerged from the water?" The Master said, "Who does not know it exists?" The monk said, "How about after it has emerged from the water?" The Master said, "Fragrance met by the eye." [A monk] asked, "How is it when the bright moon shines in the sky?" The Master said, "Just when its light is partitioned, what need is there to point to the jade tower?"