續傳燈錄 12.64

12.64

鄧州丹霞子淳禪師。劍州賈氏子。弱冠為僧徹證於芙蓉之室。上堂。乾坤之內宇宙之間。中有一寶祕在形山。肇法師恁麼道。秖解指蹤話跡。且不能拈示於人。丹霞今日擘開宇宙打破形山。為諸人拈出。具眼者辨取。以拄杖卓一下曰。還見麼。鷺鸞立雪非同色。明月蘆花不似他。上堂。舉德山示眾曰。我宗無語句實無一法與人。德山恁麼說話。可謂是秖知入草求人。不覺通身泥水。仔細觀來秖具一隻眼。若是丹霞則不然。我宗有語句。金刀剪不開。深深玄妙旨。玉女夜懷胎。上堂。亭亭日午猶虧半。寂寂三更尚未圓。六戶不曾知暖意。往來常在月明前。上堂。寶月流輝澄潭布影。水無蘸月之意。月無分照之心。水月兩忘方可稱斷。所以道。昇天底事直須颺却。十成底事直須去却。擲地金聲不須回顧。若能如是始解向異類中行。諸人到這裏還相委悉麼。良久曰。常行不舉人間步。披毛戴角混塵泥。僧問牛頭未見四祖時如何。師曰。金菊乍開蜂競採。曰見後如何。師曰。苗枯花謝了無依。宣和己亥春示寂。塔全身於洪山之南。

Chan Master Danxia Zichun of Dengzhou was a son of the Jia family of Jianzhou. Coming of age, he became a monk and attained thorough realization in the room of Furong. He ascended the hall and said: 'Within heaven and earth, throughout the universe, inside there is a treasure hidden in the mountain of form. Dharma Master Sengzhao spoke like this: he only knew how to point to traces and talk of tracks, but was incapable of holding it up and showing it to people. Today Danxia splits open the universe and smashes the mountain of form to hold it forth for you all! Those with eyes, discern it!' He struck the ground once with his staff and said: 'Do you still see? / Egrets standing in the snow are not of the same colour; / The bright moon and reed blossoms do not resemble one another.' He ascended the hall and cited Deshan addressing the assembly: 'In my school there are no words or phrases, and truly not a single dharma is given to people.' [Danxia said:] 'When Deshan spoke like this, he could be called one who only knew how to enter the weeds to seek people, unaware that his whole body was soaked in mud and water. Examining it carefully, he possessed only a single eye. If it were Danxia, it would not be so: / My school has words and phrases: / Golden scissors cannot cut them open. / In the deep and wondrous purport, / The jade maiden conceives a child at night.' He ascended the hall and said: / 'Towering at high noon, it is still half-deficient; / Silent at the third watch, it is not yet round. / The six gates have never known warmth; / Coming and going, it is always before the bright moon.' He ascended the hall and said: 'The precious moon sheds its radiance; the clear pool spreads its reflection. The water has no intent to dip the moon; the moon has no mind to divide its illumination. Only when water and moon are both forgotten can it be called severing. Therefore it is said: The matter of ascending to heaven must be cast away; the matter of hundred-percent perfection must be discarded; the golden sound struck on the ground requires no backward glance. If you can be like this, only then will you know how to walk among different species. Having come to this point, do you all understand?' After a long pause, he said: / 'Constantly walking without taking human steps, / Wearing fur and bearing horns, mingling in dust and mud.' A monk asked, 'How was it before Niutou saw the Fourth Patriarch?' The Master said, 'Golden chrysanthemums just opening, bees compete to gather.' The monk said, 'How was it after he saw him?' The Master said, 'Shoots withered, flowers fallen, completely without reliance.' In the spring of the yihai year of Xuanhe, he showed nirvana. His whole body was stupaed to the south of Mount Hong.