景德傳燈錄 25.31

25.31

天台山般若寺通慧禪師敬遵。上堂謂眾曰。皎皎烜赫地亘古亘今也。未曾有纖豪間斷相。無時無節長時拶定上座無通氣處。所以道。山河大地是上座善知識。放光動地觸處露現。實無絲頭許法可作隔礙。如今因什麼却不會。特地生疑去。無事不用久立。僧問。優曇華坼人皆覩。般若家風賜一言。師曰。不因上座問不曾舉似人。曰恁麼即般若雄峯詎齊今古。師曰。也莫錯會。問牛頭未見四祖時為什麼百鳥銜華。師曰。汝什麼處見。曰見後為什麼不銜華。師曰。且領話好。問靈山一會迦葉親聞。未審今日一會何人得聞。師曰。汝試舉迦葉聞底看。曰恁麼即迦葉親聞去也。師曰。亂道作麼。師自述真讚曰。

Chan Master Tonghui Jingzun of Bore Monastery on Mount Tiantai ascended the hall and addressed the assembly, saying: 'Dazzling and blazing, from antiquity to the present, there has never been the slightest mark of interruption. Timeless and unbound, it constantly presses tight upon you sthaviras, leaving no breathing space. Therefore it is said: "The mountains, rivers, and the great earth are your spiritual friends, sthaviras, emitting light and shaking the earth, fully revealed everywhere." In truth, there is not a thread's worth of dharma that can act as an obstruction. Why is it that right now you do not understand, but deliberately give rise to doubt? There is nothing the matter; no need to stand for long.' A monk asked, 'When the udumbara blossom blooms, everyone beholds it. Bestow a word on the house style of Bore.' The master said, 'Had it not been for your question, sthavira, I would never have brought it up to anyone.' [The monk] said, 'If so, then how could the towering peak of Bore be matched in past or present?' The master said, 'Do not misunderstand either.' [The monk] asked, 'Before Niutou saw the Fourth Patriarch, why did hundreds of birds offer flowers in their beaks?' The master said, 'Where did you see that?' [The monk] said, 'After seeing him, why did they not offer flowers in their beaks?' The master said, 'Better just accept the words.' [The monk] asked, 'At the gathering on Vulture Peak, Kāśyapa personally heard it. I wonder who gets to hear it at today's gathering?' The master said, 'Try citing what Kāśyapa heard, and let us see.' [The monk] said, 'If so, then Kāśyapa personally heard it.' The master said, 'Why speak nonsense?' The master composed a eulogy on his own portrait, saying: