續傳燈錄 14.16

14.16

衢州靈曜寺𧦬良佛慈禪師。饒州吳氏子。清獻趙公命開法於越州福果衢州超化海會靈曜四剎。僧問。三變禪林四回出世。於和尚分上成得什麼邊事。師曰。鉢盂口向天。曰三十年來關棙子。而今流落五湖傳。師曰。那箇是山僧關棙子。曰一言超影象。不墜古人風。師曰。惜取眉毛。上堂。不知時分之延促。不知日月之大小。灰頭土面且與麼過山僧每遇月朔。特地鬪釘家風。抑揚問答一場笑具。雖然如是因風撒土借水獻花。有箇葛藤露布。與諸人共相解摘看。驀拈拄杖擊香臺曰。參堂去。

Chan Master Bianliang Foci of Lingyao Temple in Quzhou was a son of the Wu family of Raozhou. Lord Zhao Qingxian invited him to open the Dharma hall at four monasteries: Fuguo in Yuezhou, and Chaohua, Haihui, and Lingyao in Quzhou. A monk asked, "Three transformations of the Chan grove, four times emerging in the world—on the part of the Upādhyāya, what sort of matter has been accomplished?" The master said, "The mouth of the alms bowl faces heaven." The monk said, "For thirty years the operational trigger has now drifted across the five lakes in transmission." The master said, "Which one is this mountain monk's operational trigger?" The monk said, "One word goes beyond shadow and form, not falling away from the ancient style." The master said, "Take care of your eyebrows." Ascending the hall, he said, "Not knowing the length or shortness of time, not knowing whether the months and days are great or small; with ash on my head and mud on my face, I just pass the time like this. Whenever the first day of the month arrives, this mountain monk deliberately hammers out our house style, with rising and falling questions and answers, a whole laughingstock. Even so, scattering dirt with the wind and offering flowers with borrowed water, here are entangling vines and trailing creepers to untangle and pick apart together with you all." He suddenly grabbed his staff, struck the incense stand, and said, "Go to the hall and investigate!"