景德傳燈錄 26.46

26.46

Chan Master Jingxuan of Mount Dayang in Yingzhou. A monk asked, "The monastic groves are vast and expansive, and the Dharma drums resound loudly. How do you present and proclaim the transcendental vehicle of our school?"
The Master said, "If he has no such message, how could he be willing to respond?"
The monk said, "Today the vehicle of our school has already received your instruction; I wonder whose Dharma successor the Master is?"
The Master said, "Liangshan brought out the mirror of the Qin dynasty; before the peak of Changqing, it shines just the same."
The monk asked, "What is the realm of Dayang?"
The Master said, "A solitary crane and an old ape chant the rhyme of the valley; slender pines and cold bamboo lock in the blue mist."
The monk asked, "Who is the person within the realm?"
The Master said, "What are you doing? What are you doing?"
The monk asked, "What is the house style of Dayang?"
The Master said, "Though the full bottle cannot be poured out, on the great earth let there be no starving person."
The monk asked, "What is the Buddha?"
The Master said, "Why are you not the Buddha?"
The monk said, "How is it when a student does not understand?"
The Master said, "Aloof and clear, it hangs not—the moon of the three autumn months; when one phrase faces the sun, how could it depend on a lamp?"
The monk asked, "What is the meaning of the Ancestral Master's coming from the West?"
The Master said, "Knowing how to ask is not fitting."
The monk said, "How is it when a student does not understand?"
The Master said, "To the iron ox of Shan Prefecture everyone turns; that Bian He obtained the jade is transmitted down to this day."
The monk asked, "What is the phrase by which Dayang penetrates the Dharmakāya?"
The Master said, "At the bottom of the great ocean, red dust rises; upon the summit of Mount Sumeru, waters flow horizontally."
The monk asked, "Before Niutou saw the Fourth Ancestor, why did the hundred birds hold flowers in their beaks [to offer him]?"
The Master said, "Emerging from the house, the black rooster wears snow upon its head."
The monk asked, "Why did they not hold flowers after he saw him?"
The Master said, "After the bright sun hangs in the sky, the black rooster flies out of the house."