景德傳燈錄 24.93

24.93

Chan Master Yuanguan of Mount Liang in Langzhou. A monk asked, "What is the Upādhyāya's house style?" The Master said, "The waters of Ziyang are swift, the fish swim with difficulty; the pines of White Deer are high, birds find it hard to roost." [The monk] asked, "The great assembly gathers like clouds; please, Master, elucidate the phrase of the White Deer." The Master said, "In what country have you lived recently?" He also said, "On Mount Liang hangs high the mirror of the Qin era; the gate style of Light and Longevity requires no lamp." [The monk] asked, "Whose song does the Master sing? Whose house style does he inherit?" The Master said, "Dragons give birth to dragon sons; phoenixes give birth to phoenix chicks." [The monk] asked, "What is the meaning of the [Patriarch's] coming from the West?" The Master said, "The Congling Mountains transmit no tidings from the land of Tang; the barbarians idly sing a song of grand peace." [The monk] asked, "What is the matter transmitted from of old?" The Master said, "The barbarian monk crossing the water has no trousers at his knees; carrying Sanskrit palm leaves on his back, he does not hold a sūtra." [The monk] asked, "What is the correct Dharma eye?" The Master said, "Inside Nanhua." [The monk] said, "Why is it inside Nanhua?" The Master said, "Because you asked about the correct Dharma eye." [The monk] asked, "What is the matter beneath the patchwork robe?" The Master said, "There are secret clues." When an elder visited the Master and they sat together conversing, a monk asked, "Two World-Honoured Ones do not transform together; why are two people residing in the abbot's quarters?" The Master said, "Even one is not the master." He had a verse that said: