景德傳燈錄 22.78

22.78

Chan Master Chengyuan of Xianglin Monastery on Mount Qingcheng in Yizhou first resided at the Heavenly King Cloister of Yingxiang Monastery in Daojiang County, Xichuan (at that time called the Crystal Palace). A monk asked, "Why does delicious ghee turn into poison?"
The Master said, "Daojiang paper."
[The monk] asked, "How is it when seeing form is immediately seeing the mind?"
The Master said, "Where have you just been?"
[The monk] asked, "How is it when both mind and objects are forgotten?"
The Master said, "Sitting and sleeping with eyes open."
Later, the Master resided at Xianglin on Mount Qingcheng. A monk asked, "What is the meaning of hiding one's body within the Northern Dipper?"
The Master said, "The moon is like a bent bow; little rain, much wind."
[The monk] asked, "What is the mind of all the Buddhas?"
The Master said, "Clear, then from beginning to end it is clear."
[The monk] asked, "How does one understand this?"
The Master said, "It is best not to be deceived by others."
[The monk] asked, "What is the meaning of the ancestral teacher's coming from the West?"
The Master said, "Who is the one stepping forward?"
[The monk] asked, "What is the Upādhyāya's wondrous medicine?"
The Master said, "Not departing from the many flavors."
[The monk] asked, "How is it for one who takes it?"
The Master said, "Chew and see."
[The monk] asked, "What is the single lamp within the room?"
The Master said, "Three people testify that a turtle is a soft-shelled turtle."
[The monk] asked, "What is the matter under the patch-robe?"
The Master said, "In the twelfth month, fire burns the mountain."
[The monk] asked, "The great assembly has gathered like clouds; we ask the Master to provide [teachings]."
The Master said, "Three does not wait for two."
[The monk] asked, "What is the student's task throughout the day?"
The Master said, "Exactly so."
[The monk] asked, "What is the profound?"
The Master said, "Coming today, going tomorrow."
[The monk] asked, "What is the profound within the profound?"
The Master said, "Upon the long contiguous platforms."
[The monk] asked, "What is the single spring of Xianglin?"
The Master said, "Thoughts without interruption."
[The monk] asked, "How is it for one who drinks it?"
The Master said, "Pecks and balances according to each region."
[The monk] asked, "What is the patch-robed monk's correct Dharma eye?"
The Master said, "Non-discrimination."
[The monk] asked, "What about the function of illumination and action?"
The Master said, "A traveler slips and stumbles."
[The monk] asked, "How is it when all myriad functions have vanished without a trace, only then recognizing the original person?"
The Master said, "The pure function reveals itself."
[The monk] said, "If so, then it is not someone else."
The Master said, "Only then does one see the original person."
[The monk] asked, "How is it when a fish swims on dry land?"
The Master said, "Speaking words must be followed by rescue."
The monk said, "How is it when it returns down into the clear green pool?"
The Master said, "The head is heavy and the tail is light."
[The monk] asked, "Whenever there are spoken phrases, they are all the guest; what is the host?"
The Master said, "Within the city of Chang'an."
[The monk] asked, "How does one understand this?"
The Master said, "A thousand families and ten thousand households."