景德傳燈錄 8.35

8.35

Chan Master Shanjue of Hualin in Tanzhou often carried his monk's staff and went out at night among the foot of the forest. Every seven steps he shook his staff and chanted the name of Guanyin once. Shanhui of Jiashan came to his hermitage and asked, "I have heard from afar that you chant Guanyin, Master; is it so?" The master said, "It is." Jiashan said, "What about riding on top of her head?" The master said, "If she pokes her head out, you may ride her; if she does not poke her head out, what would you ride?" A monk came to consult him and had just spread his sitting mat. The master said, "Slowly, slowly!" The monk said, "What does the Master see?" The master said, "What a pity to knock down and break the bell tower!" The monk was awakened from this. One day, the Surveillance Commissioner Pei Xiu visited him and asked, "Do you still have attendants, Master?" The master said, "I have one or two." Pei said, "Where are they?" The master then called out, "Big Emptiness! Little Emptiness!" At that moment two tigers came out from behind the hermitage. Pei saw them and was terrified. The master said to the two tigers, "There is a guest; go away for now." The two tigers roared and left. Pei asked, "What practice and deeds did you perform, Master, to bring about such a response?" The master remained silent for a long while and said, "Do you understand?" Pei said, "I do not understand." The master said, "This mountain monk constantly chants Guanyin."