景德傳燈錄 17.24

17.24

Chan Master Guangren of Shushan in Fuzhou: His physical appearance was short and ugly, but his refined eloquence surpassed the assembly. In the assembly of Dongshan, whenever there were subtle encounters sharp as biting an arrowhead that provoked and unfolded the profound mystery, all regarded Ren as the one capable of assessing and weighing them. The samādhi of all quarters could be inquired of the Dwarf Uncle. A monk asked, "What is the master of all buddhas?" The Master said, "Why do you not ask this old fellow of Shushan?" (The monk had no reply.) The Master held a wooden snake in his hand. A monk asked, "What is that in your hand?" The Master held it up and said, "The girl of the Cao family." A monk asked, "What is the Master's house style?" The Master said, "A foot-and-a-half turban." The monk asked, "What is a foot-and-a-half turban?" The Master said, "Within the circle, it cannot be seized." The Master cited a saying of Xiangyan and asked Jingqing, "'Agreement and weight cannot be complete.' How does Practitioner Fu understand this?" Fu said, "It completely returns to agreement and weight." The Master said, "How about when one cannot attain complete agreement?" Fu said, "Within this, there is no road of agreement." The Master said, "Only now does it satisfy this sick monk's wish." When Gushan brought up the master of the Buddha King of Awesome Voice, the Master then asked, "What is the master of the Buddha King of Awesome Voice?" Gushan said, "You had better not lack shame." The Master said, "It is fine for you, ācārya, to speak in this way; but according to this sick monk, it is not so." Gushan asked, "What is the master of the Buddha King of Awesome Voice?" The Master said, "Not sitting in the rank of nobility." Dongshan (the fourth generation) asked, "What is the single phrase?" The Master said, "I will not say." Dongshan said, "Why will you not say?" The Master said, "It is of the younger generation." A monk asked, "What is it like at such a time?" The Master said, "The general does not step onto the convenient bridge; in vain does he draw the bowstring with golden notches." A monk asked, "What is directly pointing?" The Master said, "There is water inside a pearl; if you do not believe it, try asking the sun in the sky." On the night of the winter solstice, a monk came up to the hall and asked, "What is the meaning of winter's arrival?" The Master said, "Rhubarb appears in the capital." A monk asked, "Where will the Master go after a hundred years?" The Master said, "A patch of miscanthus on my back, four legs pointing to heaven." When the Master was about to pass away, he had a verse saying: