續傳燈錄 12.6

12.6

東京法雲惟白佛國禪師靖江人。上堂。離婁有意白浪徒以滔天。罔象無心明珠忽然在掌。以手打一圓相召大眾曰。還見麼。良久曰。看即有分。上堂。拈拄杖示眾曰。山僧住持七十餘日。未曾拈動這箇而今不免現些少神通供養諸人。遂卓拄杖下座。上堂。過去已過去。未來且莫算。正當現在事。今朝正月半。明月正團圓。打鼓普請看。大眾看即不無。畢竟喚甚麼作月。休於天上覓。莫向水中尋。師有續燈錄三十卷入藏。後住明州天童云。

Chan Master Weibai Foguo of Fayun in the Eastern Capital was a man of Jingjiang. Ascending the hall, he said, "Li Lou had intention, yet white waves surged to heaven in vain; Wang Xiang was without mind, and the bright pearl suddenly lay in his palm." He drew a circle in the air with his hand, called to the assembly, and said, "Do you still see it?" After a long pause, he said, "If you see it, then you have a share." Ascending the hall, he held up his staff, showed it to the assembly, and said, "This mountain monk has been abbot for more than seventy days and has never lifted or moved this. Now, inevitably, I must display a bit of supernatural power to offer to all of you." Thereupon he struck the staff [on the floor] and stepped down from the seat. Ascending the hall, he said, "The past is already past; the future, for now do not calculate. Right now, as for the matter at hand—today is the fifteenth day of the first month. The bright moon is perfectly round. Strike the drum and invite everyone to look! Assembly, looking is certainly not absent, but in the end, what do you call the moon? Do not search for it in heaven; do not seek it in the water!" The Master had the Continued Record of the Lamp in thirty fascicles entered into the canon. Later he resided at Tiantong in Mingzhou.