景德傳燈錄 26.22

26.22

Chan Master Huilang of Huacheng Monastery on Mount Lu. Song Qiqiu, prime minister of Jiangnan, invited him to open the hall. The Master ascended the seat and said, "Today the prime minister invites this mountain monk to speak for the assembly. Is this not receiving the Buddha's entrustment and not forgetting the Buddha's kindness? If anyone in the assembly has questions, come forward and form an affinity for the prime minister." A monk asked, "The prime minister has descended in person, and the great assembly has gathered like clouds. We pray the Master will proclaim the ancestral vehicle passed down from of old." The Master said, "Could you be letting down the prime minister?" He asked, "The Master is constantly earnest and painstaking; why is it that this student's own matter is still not clear?" The Master said, "Where is the ācārya not clear?" The monk said, "I pray the Master will resolve what is unclear." The Master said, "What did I just say to you?" The monk said, "If so, then it is entirely due to today." The Master said, "Step back and make three prostrations."