景德傳燈錄 25.36

25.36

洪州觀音院從顯禪師泉州莆田人也。少依本邑石梯山出家具戒。參法眼受記。初住昇州妙果院。後住茲院參學頗眾。師上堂眾集。良久謂曰。文殊深贊居士。未審居士受贊也無。若受贊何處有居士耶。若不受贊文殊不可虛發言。大眾作麼生會。若會真箇衲僧。時有僧問。居士默然文殊深贊此意如何。師曰。汝問我答。曰恁麼人出頭來又作麼生。師曰。行到水窮處坐看雲起時。僧問。如何是觀音家風。師曰。眼前看取。曰忽遇作者來作麼生見待。師曰。貧家只如此未必便言歸。問久負沒絃琴請師彈一曲。師曰。作麼生聽。其僧側耳。師曰。賺殺人。師謂眾曰。盧行者當時大庾嶺頭為明上座言。莫思善莫思惡。還我明上座本來面目來。觀音今日不恁麼道。還我明上座來。恁麼道是曹谿子孫。若是曹谿子孫。又爭合除却四字。若不是又過在什麼處試出來商量看。良久師又曰。此一眾真行脚人也。珍重。太平興國八年九月中。師謂檀那袁長史曰。老僧三兩日間歸鄉去。袁曰。和尚尊年何更思鄉。師曰。歸鄉圖得好鹽喫。袁不測其言。翌日師不疾而坐亡。壽七十有八。袁長史建塔于西山。

Chan Master Congxian of Guanyin Cloister in Hongzhou was a native of Putian in Quanzhou. In his youth, he left household life at Mount Shiti in his native district and received the full precepts. He studied with Fayan and received his prediction. At first he resided at Miaoguo Cloister in Shengzhou, and later resided at this cloister, where those coming to study were quite numerous. The master ascended the hall, and the assembly gathered. After a long silence, he addressed them, saying: "Mañjuśrī deeply praised the upāsaka. I wonder whether the upāsaka accepted the praise or not? If he accepted the praise, where is the upāsaka? If he did not accept the praise, Mañjuśrī would not have spoken in vain. How does the great assembly understand this? If you understand, you are truly a patch-robed monk." Then a monk asked, "The upāsaka remained silent and Mañjuśrī deeply praised him; what is the meaning of this?" The master said, "You ask, I answer." The monk asked, "When such a person steps forward, how is it again?" The master said, "'Walking to the place where the waters end, sitting and watching when the clouds arise.'" A monk asked, "What is the house style of Guanyin?" The master said, "Look before your eyes." The monk asked, "If you suddenly encounter an adept arriving, how will you treat him?" The master said, "A poor family is just like this; it does not necessarily mean returning home." A monk asked, "Having long carried the stringless lute, I ask the Master to play a tune." The master said, "How will you listen?" The monk tilted his ear. The master said, "You fool yourself to death." The master addressed the assembly, saying: "When Postulant Lu was on top of the Dayu Ridge at that time, he said to Sthavira Ming, 'Do not think of good, do not think of evil; return to me Sthavira Ming's original face!' Today, Guanyin does not speak like that. Return Sthavira Ming to me! Speaking like that, is he a descendant of Caoxi? If he is a descendant of Caoxi, how could he eliminate four characters? If he is not, where does the fault lie? Try coming forward to discuss it." After a long silence, the master said again: "This assembly consists of true pilgrims. Take care." In the ninth month of the eighth year of the Taiping Xingguo era, the master said to the dānapati, Chief Scribe Yuan: "This old monk will return to his native village in two or three days." Yuan said, "Given the Upādhyāya's venerable age, why still think of your native village?" The master said, "Returning to my native village, I plan to get good salt to eat." Yuan could not fathom his words. The next day, without illness, the master passed away while sitting, at the age of seventy-eight. Chief Scribe Yuan built a stūpa for him on Mount Xi.