景德傳燈錄 7.21

7.21

湖南東寺如會禪師者。始興曲江人也。初謁徑山後參大寂。學徒既眾。僧堂內床榻為之陷折。時稱折床會也。自大寂去世。師常患門徒以即心即佛之譚誦憶不已。且謂佛於何住而曰即心。心如畫師而云即佛。遂示眾曰。心不是佛智不是道。劍去遠矣爾方刻舟。時號東寺為禪窟焉。相國崔公群出為湖南觀察使。見師問曰。師以何得。師曰見性得。師方病眼。公譏曰。既云見性。其奈眼何。師曰。見性非眼眼病何害。公稽首謝之（法眼別云。是相公眼）師問南泉。近離什麼處來。云江西。師云。將得馬師真來否。泉云。只遮是。師云。背後底聻。無對（長慶代云。太似不知。保福云。幾不到和尚此間。雲居錫云。此二尊者盡扶背後。只如南泉休去。為當扶面前扶背後）崔相公入寺。見鳥雀於佛頭上放糞。乃問師曰。鳥雀還有佛性也無。師云有。崔云。為什麼向佛頭上放糞。師云。是伊為什麼不向鷂子頭上放。仰山來參。師云。已相見了更不用上來。仰山云。恁麼相見莫不當否。師歸方丈閉却門。仰山歸舉似溈山。溈山云。寂子是什麼心行。仰山云。若不恁麼爭識得他。復有人問師曰。某甲擬請和尚開堂得否。師曰。待將物裹石頭煖即得。彼無語（藥山代云。石頭煖也）唐長慶癸卯歲八月十九日歸寂。壽八十。勅諡傳明大師塔曰永際。

Chan Master Ruhui of Dongsi in Hunan was a native of Qujiang in Shixing. At first he visited Jingshan, and later he called upon Daji. His students were so numerous that the beds and platforms in the monks' hall collapsed beneath them; at the time he was known as 'Bed-Collapsing Hui'. After Daji passed away, the Master was often distressed that the disciples incessantly recited and recollected the talk of 'mind itself is Buddha', thinking: 'Where does the Buddha dwell that one speaks of "mind itself"? The mind is like a painter, yet one speaks of "mind is Buddha"?' He then instructed the assembly, saying: 'Mind is not Buddha; wisdom is not the Way. The sword is already far away, yet you are now notching the boat.' At the time, Dongsi was called a 'den of Chan.'
Chief Minister Lord Cui Qun came out to serve as surveillance commissioner of Hunan. Seeing the Master, he asked: 'By what did the Master attain [the Way]?'
The Master said: 'Attained by seeing the nature.'
The Master was just then suffering from an eye ailment. The lord mocked him, saying: 'Since you speak of seeing the nature, what about your eyes?'
The Master said: 'Seeing the nature is not the eyes; what harm is an eye ailment?'
The lord bowed his head and apologized. (Fayan said as an alternative: 'It is the minister's eyes.')
The Master asked Nanquan: 'From where have you recently come?'
[Nanquan] said: 'Jiangxi.'
The Master said: 'Have you brought Master Ma's true [likeness]?'
Nanquan said: 'Just this is it.'
The Master said: 'What about what is behind your back?'
There was no response. (Changqing substituted: 'Too much like not knowing.' Baofu said: 'Almost didn't make it to the Venerable's place here.' Yunju Xi said: 'These two venerable ones entirely support what is behind. But as for Nanquan resting, was he supporting what was in front or supporting what was behind?')
Chief Minister Cui entered the monastery and saw birds dropping dung on the Buddha's head. He then asked the Master: 'Do birds have Buddha-nature or not?'
The Master said: 'They do.'
Cui said: 'Why do they drop dung on the Buddha's head?'
The Master said: 'Why don't they drop it on the head of a hawk?'
Yangshan came to visit. The Master said: 'We have already met; there is no need to come up further.'
Yangshan said: 'Meeting like this—is it not perhaps improper?'
The Master returned to the abbot's quarters and shut the door. Yangshan returned and related this to Guishan. Guishan said: 'What kind of state of mind does Jizi have?'
Yangshan said: 'If not like this, how could I have known him?'
Someone again asked the Master: 'I intend to request the Venerable to inaugurate the hall; may I?'
The Master said: 'Wait until you take something to wrap Shitou and make him warm, then it will be fine.'
The person had no words. (Yaoshan substituted: 'Shitou is warm.')
On the nineteenth day of the eighth month in the guimao year, the third year of the Changqing era of the Tang, he entered quiescence. His age was eighty. An imperial decree bestowed the posthumous title 'Great Master Chuanming', and the stupa was called 'Yongji'.