景德傳燈錄 22.42

22.42

洪州高安縣建山澄禪師。開堂日有僧問牧長請命和尚如何舉揚宗教。師曰。還聞麼。僧曰恁麼即大眾有賴。師曰。還是不聞。問如何是法王劍。師曰。可惜許。曰如何是人王劍師曰。塵埋床下履風動架頭巾。問一代時教接引今時。未審祖宗如何示人。師曰一代時教已有人問了也。曰和尚如何示人。師曰惆悵庭前紅莧樹。年年生葉不生華。問故歲已去新歲到來。還有不受歲者無。師曰。作麼生。僧曰。恁麼即不受歲也。師曰。城上已吹新歲角。窓前猶點舊年燈。僧曰。如何是舊年燈。師曰。臘月三十日。

Chan Master Cheng of Jianshan in Gao'an County, Hongzhou. On the day of opening the hall, a monk asked, "The regional governor invites your instruction; how does the upādhyāya hold forth on the school's teaching?" The Master said, "Do you still hear it?" The monk said, "If that is so, then the great assembly has something to rely on." The Master said, "Still you do not hear." [The monk] asked, "What is the sword of the Dharma King?" The Master said, "What a pity!" [The monk] said, "What is the sword of the human king?" The Master said, "Dust buries the shoes beneath the bed; wind stirs the kerchief on the rack." [The monk] asked, "The teachings of the Buddha's lifetime guide the present day; I do not know how the ancestors and patriarchs instruct people." The Master said, "Someone has already asked about the teachings of the Buddha's lifetime." [The monk] said, "How does the upādhyāya instruct people?" The Master said, "Sorrowful is the red amaranth before the courtyard: year after year producing leaves, never bearing flowers." [The monk] asked, "The old year has departed, and the new year has arrived. Is there anyone who does not receive the year?" The Master said, "How?" The monk said, "If that is so, then they do not receive the year." The Master said, "Above the city walls the new year's horn has sounded; before the window the old year's lamp still burns." The monk said, "What is the old year's lamp?" The Master said, "The thirtieth day of the twelfth month."