續傳燈錄 16.56

16.56

杭州臨安居潤禪師。僧問。為國開堂於此日。師將何法利人天。師曰。將謂伶利衲子。僧云。一炷名香祝聖恩。師曰。今日事作麼生。僧無語。師曰。氣急殺人。問清淨本然遍周沙界。菴內人為什麼不知菴外事。師曰。合恁麼。僧云。特伸請益。師曰。有甚相虧。乃曰。大眾但看。從上古聖挑囊負鉢。出一叢林入一保社。若不得箇入處。晝夜不捨參問知識。築著磕著忽然瞥地。始知刀是鐵。做一時放下。便乃天台普請南岳遊山。左之右之不居惑地。諸仁者。古人既恁麼會。今日欠少箇什麼。良久曰。多虛不如少實。

Chan Master Jurun of Lin'an in Hangzhou. A monk asked, "Opening the hall for the nation on this day, with what Dharma will the Master benefit humans and devas?" The Master said, "I had taken you for a clever patch-robed monk." The monk said, "A stick of renowned incense wishes longevity to the sagely emperor." The Master said, "How is today's business?" The monk was speechless. The Master said, "You irritate someone to death!" [A monk] asked, "Pure and fundamentally so, pervading the sands of the realms—why does the person inside the hut not know of the affairs outside the hut?" The Master said, "It ought to be so." The monk said, "I specially extend my request for further instruction." The Master said, "What loss is there?" He then said, "Great assembly, just look! The ancient sages of the past carried their sacks and bore their bowls, leaving one monastery and entering another community. If they did not attain an entry point, day and night unremittingly they consulted and inquired of kalyāṇamitras. Bumping against things and stumbling, suddenly catching a glimpse, only then did they know that a knife is made of iron. Putting it down all at once, they would then join the collective work at Tiantai and roam the mountains at Nanyue; turning left and turning right, they did not abide in the ground of confusion. Worthy practitioners, since the ancients understood it like that, what is lacking today?" After a good while, he said, "Much emptiness is not as good as a little reality."