景德傳燈錄 26.53

26.53

Great Master Pengyan of Anguo Changshou Cloister in Suzhou was a native of Yongjia. His surname was Qin. He received his training at Kaiyuan Monastery in his home prefecture. At first he studied under Upādhyāya Jinlin Baozi of Wuzhou. Later, inspired by Chan Master Huiming, he entered the room of Tiantai and awakened to the correct Dharma eye. From then on, he expounded the Dharma in accord with conditions, bringing about flourishing transformation. The military commissioner of Gusu, Qian Renfeng, respectfully rebuilt the cloister and invited him to turn the wheel of the Dharma. His native state bestowed on him the purple robe and designated him Great Master Guangfa. A monk asked, "What is the mysterious purport?"
The Master said, "Four corners collapse to the ground."
The monk asked, "What is the dharma without a single hair?"
The Master said, "Mountains, rivers, and the great earth."
The monk said, "If so, then it is identical with characteristics yet devoid of characteristics."
The Master said, "That too is wild talk."
The monk asked, "What are direct and straightforward words?"
The Master said, "A thousand twists and ten thousand bends."
The monk said, "If so, then there is nothing that is not it."
The Master said, "What kind of talk is that?"
The monk asked, "What is the Way?"
The Master said, "Limping along is not easy."
In the second year of Jianlong, the year xinyou, the Master entrusted the abbacy to his disciple Faqi to continue preaching the Dharma across the generations. On the sixth day of the fourth month of that same year, he manifested extinction. He was forty-nine years of age, with thirty-five Dharma years.