景德傳燈錄 23.39

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鄂州黃龍山晦機禪師清河人也。姓張氏。唐天祐中遊化至此山。節帥施俸錢建法宇。奏賜紫衣號超慧大師。大張法席。僧問。不問祖佛邊事。如何是平常之事。師曰。我住山得十五年。問如何是和尚家風。師曰。瑠璃鉢盂無底。問如何是君王劍。師曰。不傷萬類。曰佩者如何。師曰。血濺梵天。曰大好不傷萬類。師便打。問佛在日為眾生說法。佛滅後有人說法也無。師曰。慚愧佛。問毛吞巨海芥納須彌。不是學人本分事。如何是學人本分事。師曰。封了合盤市裏揭。問切急相投請師通信。師曰。火燒裙帶香。問如何是大疑底人。師曰。對坐盤中弓落盞。曰如何是不疑底人。師曰。再坐盤中弓落盞。問風恬浪靜時如何。師曰。百丈竿頭五兩垂。師將順世有僧問。百年後鉢囊子什麼人將去。師曰。一任將去。曰裏面事如何。師曰。線綻方知。曰什麼人得。師曰。待海燕雷聲即向汝道。言訖告寂。

Chan Master Huiji of Mount Huanglong in Ezhou was a native of Qinghe, surnamed Zhang. During the Tianyou era of the Tang, he traveled and transformed [beings], arriving at this mountain. The military commissioner donated his stipend to build a Dharma hall and memorialized the throne to bestow a purple robe and the title Great Master Chaohui. He broadly opened a Dharma assembly. A monk asked, 'Not asking about matters on the side of the ancestors and Buddhas, what is an ordinary matter?' The master said, 'I have lived on this mountain for fifteen years.' He asked, 'What is the master's house style?' The master said, 'A lapis lazuli alms bowl without a bottom.' He asked, 'What is the sovereign's sword?' The master said, 'It does not harm the myriad kinds [of beings].' He said, 'What about the one who wears it?' The master said, 'Blood spatters the heavens of Brahmā.' He said, 'A fine 'does not harm the myriad kinds'!' The master struck him. He asked, 'When the Buddha was in the world, he taught the Dharma for sentient beings; after the Buddha passed away, has anyone taught the Dharma or not?' The master said, 'Shame on the Buddha.' He asked, ''A hair swallows the vast ocean; a mustard seed contains Mount Sumeru.' This is not the student's fundamental task. What is the student's fundamental task?' The master said, 'Sealing the covered tray and opening it in the marketplace.' He asked, 'Earnest and pressing, I turn to you; please, master, communicate the news.' The master said, 'Fire burns the sash of the skirt—fragrant!' He asked, 'What is a person of great doubt like?' The master said, 'Sitting face-to-face, the bow in the dish falls into the cup.' He said, 'What is a person without doubt like?' The master said, 'Sitting again, the bow in the dish falls into the cup.' He asked, 'How is it when the wind is calm and the waves are still?' The master said, 'At the tip of a hundred-foot pole, a five-ounce weight hangs.' When the master was about to pass away, a monk asked, 'A hundred years from now, who will take away the alms bowl and sack?' The master said, 'Let anyone take them as they will.' He said, 'What about the matter inside?' The master said, 'Only when the seams burst open will you know.' He said, 'What kind of person obtains it?' The master said, 'Wait until the sea swallows thunder; then I will tell you.' Having spoken, he entered quiescence.