續傳燈錄 14.10

14.10

睦州廣靈佛印希祖禪師。處州周氏子。上堂曰。靈光鑑徹物我全收。照體獨存前後俱絕。由是無為變化應量千差。托質殊分混同一性。故我元首明哉股肱良哉。法以時遇道在中興。建大法幢作大佛事。足可稱揚。所以正觀絕跡名相互分。寂聽非聞圓音普應。霜鍾露鼓主伴交參。寶殿瓊樓聽說斯顯。六街三市遍處莊嚴。柳陌花衢寅昏佛事。聖凡交會士庶鏘鏘。帝網圓融虛明互照。何必南方獨邁遍扣諸門歷涉艱辛。是非未決。而今重重華藏無盡法門。觸目見成何須擬議。然雖如是鈍置祖風。良久曰。九年少室誰知已。一句流通萬古傳。又示眾曰。嚴陵臺畔七里灘頭。直須釣鼇釣鯨。豈止摝鰕摝蜆。隨流放曠任性浮沈。停舟月上波心。舉棹漚生水面。敢問大眾。不觸波瀾一句作麼生會。良久曰。時人秖看絲綸上。不見蘆花對蓼江。

Chan Master Foyin Xizu of Guangling in Muzhou was a son of the Zhou family of Chuzhou. Ascending the hall, he said, "The numinous radiance shines through clearly, completely subsuming things and self; the illuminating substance uniquely remains, with both before and after severed. Because of this, unconditioned transformations adapt to capacities in a thousand variations; adopting disparate forms, they merge into one identical nature. Therefore, our head is enlightened, our limbs are capable! The Dharma meets its time, and the Way is in middle revival. Erecting the great Dharma banner, performing great Buddhist works—this is well worthy of praise. Therefore, correct contemplation leaves no traces, names and characteristics are mutually distinct; silent listening is not hearing, the perfect voice universally responds. The frosty bell and dewy drum, host and guest intermingle; the jeweled palace and jasper pavilion, hearing this discourse, become manifest. The six avenues and three markets are everywhere adorned; the willow lanes and flower avenues, morning and evening, are Buddhist works. Sages and ordinary people mingle, gentry and commoners bustle; Indra's net is perfectly harmonious, empty and bright, mutually illuminating. Why must one journey alone to the south, knocking on every door and undergoing hardships, with right and wrong yet undecided? Now, the multilayered, inexhaustible Dharma gates of the Flower Treasury are accomplished right before one's eyes; what need is there for hesitation? Even though this is so, it brings shame upon the ancestral style." After a long pause, he said, "Nine years at Shaoshi—who knew him? A single phrase put into circulation is transmitted for ten thousand kalpas." He also instructed the assembly, saying, "Beside the Yanling Terrace, at the head of the Seven-Mile Rapids, one must directly fish for the giant turtle and the whale; how could it be limited to netting shrimp and clams? Flowing along with the current, carefree and untrammeled, floating or sinking as one's nature pleases; anchoring the boat, the moon rises at the heart of the waves; raising the oar, foam is born upon the water's surface. I dare to ask the great assembly: how do you understand the phrase that does not touch the waves?" After a long pause, he said, "People of the world only look at the fishing line, not seeing the reed blossoms facing the smartweed river."