景德傳燈錄 27.19

27.19

明州奉化縣布袋和尚者。未詳氏族。自稱名契此。形裁腲（烏罪切）脮（奴罪切）蹙額皤腹。出語無定寢臥隨處。常以杖荷一布囊。凡供身之具盡貯囊中。入𮠔肆聚落見物則乞。或醯醢魚𦵔才接入口。分少許投囊中。時號長汀子布袋師也。甞雪中臥雪不沾身。人以此奇之。或就人乞其貨則售。示人吉凶必應期無忒。天將雨即著濕草屨途中驟行。遇亢陽即曳高齒木履市橋上竪膝而眠。居民以此驗知。有一僧在師前行。師乃拊僧背一下。僧迴頭。師曰。乞我一文錢。曰道得即與汝一文。師放下布囊叉手而立。白鹿和尚問。如何是布袋。師便放下布袋。又問。如何是布袋下事。師負之而去。先保福和尚問。如何是佛法大意。師放下布袋叉手。保福曰。為只如此為更有向上事。師負之而去。師在街衢立。有僧問。和尚在遮裏作什麼。師曰。等箇人。曰來也來也（歸宗柔和尚別云。歸去來）師曰。汝不是遮箇人。曰如何是遮箇人。師曰。乞我一文錢。師有歌曰。

Upādhyāya Budai (Cloth Bag) of Fenghua County in Mingzhou: his family and clan are not clearly known. He called himself Qici. His appearance was stout and corpulent, with a furrowed brow and a protruding belly. His speech was unpredictable, and he slept wherever he happened to be. He always carried a cloth sack on a staff; all his personal requisites were kept inside it. Entering markets, shops, and settlements, he would beg for whatever he saw. When fish, cured meat, vinegar, or minces were given to him, the moment they touched his mouth, he would take a small portion and toss it into the sack. People of the time called him Master Budai of Changtingzi. He once lay in snow without any snow clinging to his body; people marveled at him for this. If he begged for a merchant's goods, they would sell out. When he indicated good or bad fortune to people, it inevitably came true without error. When rain was about to fall, he would wear wet straw sandals and walk hurriedly on the roads; during severe droughts, he would drag high-toothed wooden clogs and sleep on market bridges with his knees drawn up. The local residents used this as a reliable sign. A monk was once walking ahead of the master. The master tapped the monk on the back. The monk turned around. The master said, "Beg you for one copper coin." The monk said, "If you can speak [the Way], I will give you one coin." The master laid down his cloth bag, crossed his hands, and stood still. Upādhyāya Bailu asked, "What is the cloth bag?" The master immediately set down the cloth bag. [Bailu] also asked, "What is the matter concerning the cloth bag?" The master shouldered it and walked away. Former Upādhyāya Baofu asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?" The master set down the cloth bag and crossed his hands. Baofu said, "Is it only like this, or is there something further transcendental?" The master shouldered it and walked away. The master was standing in a marketplace. A monk asked, "What is the Upādhyāya doing here?" The master said, "Waiting for someone." [The monk] said, "He has come! He has come!" (Upādhyāya Rou of Guizong said alternatively: "Come, let us go back.") The master said, "You are not that person." [The monk] asked, "Who is that person?" The master said, "Beg you for one copper coin." The master had a song that said: