景德傳燈錄 8.21

8.21

泉州龜洋山無了禪師者。莆田縣壺公橫塘人也。姓沈氏。年七歲父携入白重院。視之如家因而捨愛。至十八剃度受具靈巖寺。後參大寂禪師了達祖乘。即還本院。院之北樵采路絕。師一日策杖披榛而行。遇六眸巨龜。斯須而失。乃庵于此峯。因號龜洋和尚。一日有虎逐鹿入庵。師以杖格虎遂存鹿命。洎將示化乃述偈曰。

Chan Master Wuliao of Mount Guiyang in Quanzhou was a native of Hengtang in Hugong, Putian county. His surname was Shen. At the age of seven, his father took him into Baizhong Monastery; he looked upon it as home and consequently renounced worldly affections. At eighteen, he shaved his head and took full ordination at Lingyan Monastery. Later he visited Chan Master Daji, completely comprehended the ancestral vehicle, and then returned to his original monastery. To the north of the monastery, paths for woodcutting were cut off. One day, the Master took up his staff and walked through the brambles, encountering a giant tortoise with six eyes, which disappeared in an instant. Thereupon he thatched a hut on this peak, and was therefore called Upādhyāya Guiyang. One day, a tiger chased a deer into the hut; the Master struck the tiger with his staff and thus saved the deer's life. When he was about to manifest his transformation, he composed a verse that said: