續傳燈錄 14.31

14.31

睦州資福道芳禪師。僧問。德山臨濟以棒喝接人。和尚出世將何垂示。師曰。山僧無氣力。云和尚豈無方便。師曰。大眾笑爾。有僧出禮拜起云。請師答話。師曰。蹉過了也。云甚處是蹉過。師曰。五里復五里。乃曰。秋風清秋水淥。白露立寒沙。秋蟬噪幽谷。金風扇白蘋。玉露滋黃菊。流水奏伯牙之琴。涼飈動子猷之竹。聽也聽不盡。觀也觀不足。且作麼生會箇佛性義。良久曰。解空不解離聲色。愛聽孤猿嶺上啼。

Chan Master Daofang of Zifu in Muzhou. A monk asked, 'Deshan and Linji used the stick and shout to receive people. When the upādhyāya appears in the world, what will he manifest to instruct?'
The master said, 'This mountain monk has no strength.'
[The monk] said, 'How could the upādhyāya lack skillful means?'
The master said, 'The great assembly laughs at you.'
A monk came forward, bowed, stood up, and said, 'Please, Master, answer my question.'
The master said, 'You have missed it.'
[The monk] said, 'Where was it missed?'
The master said, 'Five miles and then another five miles.'
He then said, 'The autumn wind is pure, the autumn waters green; / White dew stands upon the cold sand, / Autumn cicadas chirp in the secluded valley. / The golden wind fans the white water-cress, / Jade dew moistens the yellow chrysanthemums. / Flowing waters play the zither of Boya; / A cool breeze stirs the bamboos of Ziyou. / One can listen and never listen to the end; / One can view and never view enough. / Now, how do you understand the meaning of Buddha-nature?' After a long pause he said, 'Understanding emptiness, one cannot detach from sound and form; / One loves to hear the solitary gibbon wailing atop the ridge.'