景德傳燈錄 26.114

26.114

洪州雲居山第十一世住道齊禪師洪州人也。姓金氏。禮百丈山明照禪師得度。遍歷禪會學心未息。後遇法燈禪師機緣頓契。暨法燈住上藍院。師乃主經藏。一日侍立次法燈謂師曰。藏主我有一轉西來意話。汝作麼生會。師對曰。不東不西。法燈曰。有什麼交涉。曰道齊只恁麼。未審和尚尊意如何。法燈曰。他家自有兒孫在。師於是頓明厥旨。初住筠州東禪院。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。汝是阿誰。問荊棘林中無出路。請師方便為畬開。師曰。汝擬去什麼處。曰幾不到此。師曰。閑言語。問不免輪迴不求解脫時如何。師曰。還曾問建山麼。曰學人不會乞師方便。師曰。放爾三十棒。問如何是三寶。師曰。汝是什麼寶。曰如何。師曰。土木瓦礫。師次住洪州雙林院。後住雲居山。三處說法著語要搜玄拈古代別等集盛行諸方。此不繁錄。至道三年丁酉九月示疾。八日申時令聲鍾集眾。維那白云。眾已集。師曰。老僧三處住持三十餘年。十方兄弟相聚話道。主事頭首勤心贊助老僧。今日火風相逼。特與諸人相見。諸人還見麼。今日若見是末後方便諸人向什麼處見。為向四大五陰處見。六入十二處見。遮裏若見。便可謂雲居山二十年間後學有賴。吾去後山門大眾付契瓌開堂住持凡事更在勤而行之。各自努力珍重。大眾才散。師歸西挾告寂。壽六十九。臘四十八。今塔存本山。

Chan Master Daoqi, residing as the eleventh generation at Mount Yunju in Hongzhou, was a native of Hongzhou. His surname was Jin. He paid reverence to Chan Master Mingzhao of Mount Baizhang and was ordained. He traveled everywhere through Chan assemblies, yet his mind of study did not cease. Later, meeting Chan Master Fadeng, faculties and conditions immediately tallied. When Fadeng resided at Shanglan Cloister, the Master had charge of the sūtra canon. One day, while standing in attendance, Fadeng said to the Master, "Canon master, I have a turning phrase on the meaning of coming from the West. How do you understand it?" The Master replied, "Neither east nor west." Fadeng said, "What connection is there?" [The Master] said, "Daoqi is just like this; I do not know what the upādhyāya's venerable meaning is." Fadeng said, "That house has its own sons and grandsons." The Master thereupon thoroughly penetrated the essential import. He first resided at Dongchan Cloister in Junzhou. A monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The Master said, "Who are you?" [The monk] asked, "In the forest of thorns there is no way out; please, Master, through skillful means clear a path for me." The Master said, "Where do you intend to go?" [The monk] said, "I almost failed to reach here." The Master said, "Idle words." [The monk] asked, "When one cannot avoid saṃsāra and does not seek liberation, how is it?" The Master said, "Have you ever asked Jianshan?" [The monk] said, "I do not understand; I beg the Master for skillful means." The Master said, "I spare you thirty blows with the staff." [The monk] asked, "What are the three jewels?" The Master said, "What jewel are you?" [The monk] said, "How is that?" The Master said, "Earth, wood, tiles, and gravel." Next, the Master resided at Shuanglin Cloister in Hongzhou, and later resided at Mount Yunju. Preaching the Dharma at the three places, his attached remarks, searches for the profound, and selections and alternatives for the ancients, collected together, circulated widely in various quarters; they are not fully recorded here. In the third year of the Zhidao era, the dingyou year, in the ninth month, he showed illness. On the eighth day at the hour of the monkey, he ordered the bell to be struck to gather the assembly. The karmadāna announced, "The assembly has gathered." The Master said, "This old monk has served as abbot at three places for over thirty years. Brothers from the ten directions came together to speak of the Way; the officers and department heads diligently assisted this old monk. Today, fire and wind press upon me, so I specifically meet with you all. Do you all see yet? If you see today, this is the final skillful means; where do you see? Do you see in the four great elements and five skandhas, or in the six sense faculties and twelve sense bases? If you see here, then it can be said that for these twenty years on Mount Yunju, the later students have had someone to rely on. After I depart, the assembly of the monastery is entrusted to Qigui to open the hall and assume the abbacy; in all matters, continue to practice diligently. Exert yourselves, each of you. Take care!" No sooner had the great assembly dispersed than the Master returned to his western chamber and announced his demise. His age was sixty-nine; his monastic age was forty-eight. Today his pagoda stands on this mountain.