續傳燈錄 12.15

12.15

潭州道林廣慧寶琳禪師蘇州人。少習經論妙通精義。叩圜通禪師發明祖意。丞相王荊公深加器重。出世廣德興教。次移池陽景德廬山萬杉潭州道林。學者歸仰。僧問。德山棒臨濟喝。未審和尚如何為人。師曰。這聾漢。僧無語。師曰。非但患聾亦乃患啞。問淺聞深悟深聞不悟雲門道了。和尚作麼生。師曰。頭戴天脚踏地。云學人未曉。師曰。有口不可閑却。云若然者饑來喫飯困來眠。師曰。不妨會得好。乃曰。揚眉瞬目未當宗乘。舉古提今殘羹餿飯。一棒一喝未稱衲僧。踞坐思量傍觀者醜。且道作麼生是衲僧本分事。常憶江南三月裏。鷓鴣啼處百花香。又曰。雲收嶽面日上扶桑。颯颯寒風紛紛敗葉。瀟湘江內白浪滔天。廣慧門前地平如掌。若也知有底衲僧穩坐太平。其或未然不免撈天摸地。又上堂曰。近日稍春寒。寥寥宇宙寬。山河無隔礙。世界掌中觀。無口盧行者。饒舌見豐干。一日不相見。莫問舊時言。拈拄杖曰。會麼。棒頭有眼明如日。要識真金火裏看。又曰。今朝五月五。百草靈苗誰不覩。善財採藥與文殊。殺活臨機互為主。禪家流莫莽鹵。眨上眉毛好看取。信手拈來知不知。甜者甜兮苦者苦。

Chan Master Daolin Guanghui Baolin of Tanzhou was a native of Suzhou. In his youth he studied the sūtras and treatises, penetrating their subtle meanings with excellence. He called upon Chan Master Yuantong and clarified the Patriarch's intent. Prime Minister Wang Jinggong deeply esteemed his capability. He made his appearance in the world at Xingjiao in Guangde, and subsequently moved to Jingde in Chiyang, Wanshan on Mount Lu, and Daolin in Tanzhou; students gathered and looked up to him. A monk asked, "Deshan's blows and Linji's shouts—how does the upādhyāya guide people?" The master said, "This deaf fellow!" The monk was speechless. The master said, "Not only suffering from deafness, but also suffering from muteness." [A monk] asked, "Yunmen said: 'Hearing shallowly and awakening deeply; hearing deeply and not awakening.' What about the upādhyāya?" The master said, "The head wears heaven, the feet tread the earth." [The monk] said, "The student does not understand." The master said, "Having a mouth, you must not leave it idle." [The monk] said, "If so, when hungry I eat rice, when weary I sleep." The master said, "There is no harm in understanding it well." He then said, "Raising the eyebrows and blinking the eyes does not hit the lineage vehicle; citing the ancient and bringing up the present is leftover broth and sour rice; a single blow or a single shout does not match a patch-robed monk; sitting squarely and cogitating is seen by onlookers as ugly. Tell me, what is a patch-robed monk's inherent duty? / Always I recall Jiangnan in the third month, / Where the partridge cries, a hundred flowers are fragrant." He also said, "Clouds gather on the mountain peak, the sun rises over Fusang. / Chilly blows the cold wind, fluttering fall the decayed leaves. / Within the Xiaoxiang River, white waves surge to the sky; / Before Guanghui's gate, the ground is flat as a palm. / If a patch-robed monk knows of this, he sits securely in grand peace; / If not yet so, he cannot avoid grasping at heaven and groping the earth." He also ascended the hall and said, "Recently it is somewhat cold in spring; / Lonesome and wide is the universe. / Mountains and rivers have no obstruction; / The worlds are viewed in the palm of one's hand. / The mouthless Practitioner Lu / Talked too much upon seeing Fenggan. / If for one day we do not see each other, / Do not ask about former words." Holding up his staff, he said, "Do you understand? / The head of the stick has an eye bright as the sun; / To know true gold, look into the fire." He also said, "Today is the fifth day of the fifth month; / Who does not see the numinous sprouts of the hundred herbs? / Sudhana gathers medicine for Mañjuśrī; / Killing and giving life according to the occasion, they alternate as host. / People of the Chan school, do not be reckless: / Raise your eyebrows and look carefully. / Picking it up at will—do you know it or not? / The sweet is sweet, and the bitter is bitter."