景德傳燈錄 5.19

5.19

河北智隍禪師者。始參五祖法席。雖甞咨決而循乎漸行。後往河北結庵長坐。積二十餘載不見惰容。及遇六祖門人策禪師遊歷于彼。激以勤求法要。師遂捨庵往參六祖。祖愍其遠來便垂開抉。師於言下豁然契悟。前二十年所得心都無影響。其夜河北檀越士庶忽聞空中有聲曰。隍禪師今日得道也。後迴河北開化四眾。

Chan Master Zhihuang of Hebei initially attended the Dharma seat of the Fifth Patriarch. Although he sought determinations, he adhered to gradual practice. Later, he went to Hebei, built a hut, and sat constantly for over twenty years without showing any sign of indolence. When he met Chan Master Ce, a disciple of the Sixth Patriarch traveling there, Ce stimulated him to diligently seek the Dharma essentials. The Master then abandoned his hut and went to call on the Sixth Patriarch. Pitying his coming from afar, the Patriarch immediately bestowed opening and resolution. Upon his words, the Master was broadly awakened; the mind he had attained in the previous twenty years vanished without a trace. That night, the patrons, literati, and commoners of Hebei suddenly heard a voice in the sky saying: 'Chan Master Huang has attained the Way today!' Later, he returned to Hebei to guide and transform the fourfold assembly.