續傳燈錄 13.22

13.22

金州靈山彥文禪師。僧問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。缺齒胡僧笑不言。僧云。學人不會。師曰。隻履返西天。又問。如何是佛。師曰。問得最親乃曰。山青青水綠綠。風吹南嶺雲。露滴東籬菊。更添松竹歲寒心。盡是無絃琴上曲。碧眼胡僧拍不足。拍不足。一二三四五六。咦拍一拍下座。

Chan Master Lingshan Yanwen of Jinzhou. A monk asked, 'What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West?' The master said, 'The gap-toothed barbarian monk smiles without speaking.' The monk said, 'This student does not understand.' The master said, 'With a single sandal, he returned to the Western Heavens.' He also asked, 'What is the Buddha?' The master said, 'You have asked most intimately!' Then he said: 'The mountains are green, the water is green; / The wind blows the clouds of the southern ridge; / Dew drips on the chrysanthemums by the eastern hedge. / Further adding the heart of the pines and bamboos that withstands the cold of the year, / All are tunes upon a stringless lute! / The blue-eyed barbarian monk claps his hands insatiably, claps insatiably: / One, two, three, four, five, six!' 'Yi!' He clapped once and stepped down from the seat.