景德傳燈錄 7.4

7.4

Chan Master Baoyun of Mount Luzu in Chizhou. [A monk] asked: 'Who is the teacher of all Buddhas?' The Master said: 'The one with a jeweled crown on his head is not.' The monk said: 'Who is it, then?' The Master said: 'He has no jeweled crown on his head.' Dongshan came to interview him; after bowing, he stood in attendance for a short while and went out, but then came in again. The Master said: 'Just so, just so; this is why it is like this.' Dongshan said: 'There are plenty of people who do not agree.' The Master said: 'Why should I take your mouth's eloquence?' Dongshan then served in attendance for several months. A monk asked: 'What is speaking without speaking?' The Master said: 'Where is your mouth?' The monk said: 'I have no mouth.' The Master said: 'With what do you eat rice?' The monk had no reply. (Dongshan substituted: 'He is not hungry; what rice does he eat?') Whenever the Master usually saw a monk coming, he would face the wall. Nanquan heard of this and said: 'I usually tell monks to comprehend it before the Buddha came into the world, yet I cannot even find half a person [who understands]. If he goes on like that, [he will have to wait until] the year of the donkey!' (Xuanjue said: 'Is this words of singing along together, or words of disagreement?' Baofu asked Changqing: 'Just where was Luzu's articulation that drew Nanquan's words?' Changqing said: 'Stepping back oneself and deferring to others—not one in ten thousand can do it.' Luoshan said: 'If Old Teacher Chen had seen it at that time, he would have given him five hits with the fire poker across his back. Why so? Because he knows how to release, but not how to gather in.' Xuansha said: 'If I had seen it then, I too would have given him five hits with the fire poker.' Yunju Xi said: 'Both Luoshan and Xuansha spoke like that; are they of the same view, or is there another principle? If you can discern it, I allow that you, sthavira, have a place to enter the Buddhadharma.' Xuanjue said: 'Tell me, did Xuansha's five hits with the fire poker strike him or not?')