景德傳燈錄 20.24

20.24

Great Master Xuanwu Guanghui of Mount Heyu in Fuzhou, when first residing at Longquan, went up to the hall and said to the assembly: "Upādhyāya Xuefeng helps people just like a garuḍa plunging into the ocean to seize a dragon." Then a monk asked: "How does the upādhyāya do it?" The Master said: "Where have you been?" [A monk] asked: "What is the exact meaning of the coming from the west?" The Master said: "If not bowing now, what further time are you waiting for?" [A monk] asked: "What is the secretly transmitted mind?" The Master was silent for a long time. The monk said: "If so, then I incline my ear in vain." The Master called to his attendant: "Come and light the fire!" [A monk] asked: "An ancient said: 'If you memorise a single phrase, you will be a wild fox spirit for kalpas.' May I ask what the ancient's intention was?" The Master said: "The Longquan Monks' Hall has never been locked." He said: "How does the upādhyāya do it?" The Master said: "The wind blows past the ears." [A monk] asked: "How is it when one meets a fierce beast on the road?" The Master said: "Why be foolish?" [A monk] asked: "What is the phrase before sound?" The Master said: "Just as if not spoken." [A monk] asked: "An ancient said: 'Like a flake of snow on a red furnace.' What is the meaning?" The Master said: "You had better take care of your eyebrows." [A monk] asked: "How should it be indicated so that one is not deluded at all times?" The Master said: "One must not add frost on top of snow." He said: "If so, then it entirely depends on the upādhyāya." The Master said: "Depends on what?" [A monk] asked: "How should one practice so as not to be deluded about the tradition of the school?" The Master said: "One must say that Longquan has a skilled hand." He said: "Please show your skilled hand, Upādhyāya." The Master said: "Instead, I remember Zhong Qi." [A monk] asked: "An ancient said: 'Neither speaking of life nor speaking of death'—what is the intention?" The Master was silent for a long time. The monk bowed. The Master said: "Do you understand?" He said: "I do not understand." The Master said: "It is indeed a cold kitchen and a steaming vessel covered in dust." Sometimes the Master raised his staff, showed it to the assembly, and said: "From ancient times, everyone has left this one path of skillful means to guide people." Then a monk stepped forward and said: "The upādhyāya is starting from the beginning again!" The Master said: "Thank you for your understanding." [A monk] asked: "When the mechanism does not turn, please deliberate on it, Master." The Master said: "Can you mute my mouth?" [A monk] asked: "What is Mañjuśrī?" The Master said: "There cannot be a second moon." He said: "How is it right now?" The Master said: "It is precisely the second moon." [A monk] asked: "What is the Tathāgata's word?" The Master said: "A fierce wind can be bound with a rope." [A monk] asked: "What is the wondrous and bright true nature?" The Master said: "Be broad and relaxed; do not damage it." The Master went up to the hall and remained silent for a long time. A monk came forward and said: "Exerting one's strength for the sake of the assembly, calamity comes from one's own gate. May I ask whether you let it pass or not?" The Master was silent. [A monk] asked: "What is the upādhyāya's phrase that guides people?" The Master said: "You are a nine-coloured deer." [A monk] asked: "How is it when holding an unpolished gem and offering it to the master?" The Master said: "It is not one's own treasure." He said: "What is one's own treasure?" The Master said: "If not carved, it does not become a treasure."