景德傳燈錄 7.16

7.16

明州大梅山法常禪師者。襄陽人也。姓鄭氏。幼歲從師於荊州玉泉寺。初參大寂。問如何是佛。大寂云。即心是佛。師即大悟。唐貞元中居於天台山餘姚南七十里。梅子真舊隱。時鹽官會下一僧入山采拄杖。迷路至庵所。問曰。和尚在此山來多少時也。師曰。只見四山青又黃。又問。出山路向什麼處去。師曰。隨流去。僧歸說似鹽官。鹽官曰。我在江西時曾見一僧。自後不知消息。莫是此僧否。遂令僧去請出師。師有偈曰。

Chan Master Fachang of Mount Damei in Mingzhou was a native of Xiangyang. His family name was Zheng. In his youth, he followed a teacher at Yuquan Monastery in Jingzhou. First he visited Daji and asked, "What is the Buddha?" Daji said, "Mind itself is the Buddha." The Master was at once greatly enlightened. During the Zhenyuan era of the Tang, he lived in Mount Tiantai, seventy li south of Yuyao, where Mei Zizhen formerly lived in seclusion. At that time, a monk from Yanguan's assembly entered the mountain to gather wood for a staff, lost his way, and reached the hermitage. He asked, "How long has the upādhyāya been in this mountain?" The Master said, "I only see the four mountains green and then yellow." He also asked, "Which way does the road out of the mountain go?" The Master said, "Follow the stream." The monk returned and told this to Yanguan. Yanguan said, "When I was in Jiangxi, I once saw a monk, and since then have heard no news of him. Could it be this monk?" He then dispatched a monk to invite the Master to come forth. The Master composed a verse, saying: