景德傳燈錄 8.9

8.9

潭州石霜（一作龍）大善和尚。僧問。如何是佛法大意。師云。春日鷄鳴。僧云。學人不會。師云。中秋犬吠。師上堂云。大眾出來出來。老漢有箇法要。百年後不累爾。眾云。便請和尚說。師云。不消一堆火。洞山問。几前一童子甚是了事。如今不見向甚處去也。師云。火焰上泊不得。却歸清涼世界去也。

Upādhyāya Dashan of Shishuang (also written 'Shilong') in Tanzhou. A monk asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?" The Master said, "A cock crows on a spring day." The monk said, "I do not understand." The Master said, "A dog barks in mid-autumn." The Master entered the hall and said, "Come out, assembly, come out! This old fellow has an essential Dharma: after a hundred years it will not burden you." The assembly said, "We invite the Upādhyāya to speak it." The Master said, "It does not take a heap of fire." Dongshan asked, "The boy in front of the table was very capable in affairs; now he is not seen—where has he gone?" The Master said, "He could not stay atop the flames, so he returned to the world of cool clarity."