續傳燈錄 13.55

13.55

杭州靈隱延珊慧明禪師。僧問。如何是道。師曰。道遠乎哉。問如何是正真一路。師曰。絲髮不通。曰恁麼則依而行之。師曰。莫亂走。上堂。與上座一線道。且作麼生持論佛法。若也水泄不通。便教上座無安身立命處。當此之時祖佛出頭來。也有二十棒分。恁麼道。山僧還有過也無。不見世尊生下周行七步目顧四方。一手指天一手指地云。天上天下唯吾獨尊。雲門云。我當初若見一棒打殺與狗子喫却。何以如此。貴圖天下太平。且道雲門恁麼說話。有佛法道理也無。雖然如此。雲門秖具一隻眼。久立珍重。

Chan Master Yanshan Huiming of Lingyin in Hangzhou. A monk asked, "What is the Way?" The master said, "Is the Way far away?" The monk asked, "What is the one truly correct road?" The master said, "Not a single thread or hair can pass." The monk said, "Then I shall follow it and practice." The master said, "Do not run about recklessly."

He ascended the hall and said, "If I give the venerable monk a single thread of a path, then how will you uphold and debate the Buddha Dharma? If it is kept completely watertight, then it will cause the venerable monk to have no place to settle body and establish life. Right at such a time, even if the Patriarchs and Buddhas were to poke their heads out, they too would deserve twenty blows of the stick. In speaking like this, does the mountain monk still have any fault? Have you not seen: when the World-Honoured One was born, he walked seven paces in each direction, looked around at the four quarters, pointed one hand to heaven and one hand to earth, and said, 'Above heaven and below heaven, I alone am the Honoured One.' Yunmen said, 'Had I seen him at that time, I would have struck him dead with one blow of the stick and fed him to the dogs! Why so? In order to seek peace for the whole world.' Now tell me, in Yunmen speaking like that, is there Buddha Dharma truth or not? Even though it is so, Yunmen possessed only one eye. You have been standing a long time; take care."