景德傳燈錄 19.5

19.5

Chan Master Guiben of Shuangquan Monastery on Mount Yunggai in Xiangzhou (also called West Shuangquan, because there was an East Shuangquan in Suizhou) was a native of Jingzhao Prefecture. He left home in his youth. At sixteen he received the precepts and recited the Lotus Sūtra. When he first paid homage to Xuefeng, Xuefeng stepped down from the meditation bed and sat astride his back. At this, the master attained awakening. A monk asked, 'What is Shuangquan [Two Springs]?' The master said, 'A pity for that pair of eyebrows!' The monk said, 'This student does not understand.' The master said, 'Without ever troubling the strength of Yu, / One knows nothing of torrential waters.' He asked, 'What is the exact meaning of the [Patriarch's] coming from the West?' The master grabbed hold of him. The monk changed color. The master said, 'I do not have that here.' The master's fingers were slender and long, markedly different from ordinary people, so he was called Great Master Hand-Characteristics.