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Standing like jade, solitary and lofty, the master solemnly oversaw the pure assembly, as though myriad mountains encircling the Tianzhu Peak deferred to its cold height. Yet fine and coarse he shared with the assembly; he never used words to cajole people, nor assumed a false countenance for others. Offerings from princes and noblemen filled his gates daily; grand buildings with ten thousand plinths were gilded with gold and laced with jade, like a jeweled monastic compound surging out of the earth. After eight years, he petitioned the court, wishing to retire in his old age by the West Lake. An edict granted his request. He then returned east and thatched a hermitage at Chongde on Longshan. The master resided at three great monasteries in all. His teaching transformed the mundane world; monastics and laypeople gathered like ants in admiration. He once showed the assembly, saying: "Superior people listen to the Dharma with the spirit; mediocre people listen to the Dharma with the mind; inferior people listen to the Dharma with their ears. But tell me, if yet another person comes, what will he listen with?" He then took his staff, struck the meditation couch once, and said: "High it touches, low it touches; the clear and rounded sound pervades the boundless void. In the ten directions, inside and outside, there is nothing else; there is no need to bind oneself without a rope." He also said: "The table mountain preaches the Dharma, and the main mountain listens. The main mountain preaches the Dharma, and the table mountain listens. When the table mountain and the main mountain preach at the same time, tell me, what will you listen with? If you can listen well, the wondrous Dharma preached by all the Buddhas of the three periods of time will all appear before you. Is there anything else? A holeless iron hammer is still an ordinary affair, but it would make the old awl of Vaiśālī laugh to death." He also said: "The patch-robed monk's realm of insight can hardly be compassed by conformity or opposition. Swiftly he goes alone, responding to things and returning again. Sometimes he roosts high beyond the world; sometimes he wades through the dust. If held fast, ice forms on the water's surface; if let go, flowers bloom upon brocade. Old Lu does not know where he has gone; in the shadows of the white clouds, he laughs aloud." He gave a shout and stepped down from the seat. He also said: "The flower's heart has not yet opened; the willow's eye has just begun to bloom. The sobbing cries of returning wild geese; the murmuring sound of flowing water. The myriad phenomena raise and proclaim it as natural—this is the constant standard. If one further says that bondage and liberation share the same source, it is much like a dragon's head and a snake's tail." Again, he ascended the hall, paused for a good while, and said: "Do you understand? The wondrous purport of the patriarchs and Buddhas is right before your eyes. In front of Sunlight of Wisdom Peak, clouds arise beneath one's feet. The lake is clear and the waves are vast, far reaching to the distant sky. Evening singing from a fishing boat; drifting at night under the moon among reeds; joyously touring in a painted skiff; occasionally hearing the sounds of strings and flutes. To further speak of hearing sounds to awaken to the Way, or seeing forms to clarify the mind, is much like abandoning a sweet peach tree and searching the mountains to pick sour pears." He stepped down from the seat. The master lived in a hermitage, shut his gate, swept away tracks, and forgot the world for another ten years. He only conversed with the patch-robed monk Sihui. Lay literati and great ministers admired his noble style and wished to see him, but could not. In the twelfth month of the third year of the Daguan reign era, on the jiazi day, he bent three fingers and said to his attendants: "Only three days left." Soon after, he indeed passed away. A wondrous bird flew over, cried in the courtyard, and departed. His whole body was stupaed on the upper peak. In daily living and conduct, the master looked straight ahead without blinking. In overseeing the assembly for thirty years, he never smiled. Yet when at leisure, he would clap his hands and laugh and talk. Someone asked him the reason, and the master said: "Without dignity and reverence, one cannot lead the assembly. Formerly, for the sake of the monastic community, I forced myself to do so; it was not my actual nature." Wherever he went, whenever he saw painted images of Buddhas or bodhisattvas walking or standing, he did not dare sit. Upāsaka foods named after fish or meat he would not eat. His sincerity in reverent service and his guard over his mind to stay clear of faults were of this kind. When he ascended the hall to lecture and expound, he looked left and right like an elephant king turning around. Students often gained awakening through this. On the eve of his passing, several monks of Yue dreamed that the master returned to Tuṣita Heaven. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.14.6) - [Next: 14.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.14.8) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.14.7) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.4.234) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.14.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.14.7) · Pramāṇa