續傳燈錄 17.21

17.21

吉州青原齊禪師。福州陳氏子。二十八辭父兄。從雲蓋智禪師出家執事首座。座一日秉拂罷。師問曰。某聞首座所說莫曉其義。伏望慈悲指示。座諄諄誘之。使究無著說這箇法。踰兩日有省。以偈呈曰。說法無如這箇親。十方剎海一微塵。若能於此明真理。大地何曾見一人。座駭然因語智得度。遍扣諸方。後至石門深蒙器可。出住青原僅一紀。示寂日說偈遺眾曰。昨夜三更過急灘。灘頭雲霧黑漫漫。一條拄杖為知己。擊碎千關與萬關。

Chan Master Qi of Qingyuan in Jizhou was a son of the Chen family of Fuzhou. At twenty-eight, taking leave of his father and elder brother, he left home under Chan Master Zhi of Yunggai and served the head monk. One day, when the head monk finished holding the whisk, the master asked, 'I heard what the head monk said, but do not understand its meaning. I prostrate and beseech your compassion to instruct me.' The head monk earnestly guided him, telling him to investigate Asanga speaking this Dharma. After two days, he had an awakening and presented a verse: 'In speaking the Dharma, nothing is so intimate as this; / The ocean of lands in the ten directions is a single speck of dust. / If one can clarify the true reality in this, / When has a single person ever been seen upon the great earth?' The head monk was astonished, and based on this Zhi ordained him. He visited monasteries everywhere. Later he arrived at Shimen and was deeply recognized and approved. He went forth to reside at Qingyuan for barely twelve years. On the day he showed nirvāṇa, he spoke a verse to leave to the assembly: 'Last night at the third watch I crossed the swift rapids; / At the rapids the clouds and mist were pitch black. / A single staff as my intimate friend, / Smashed to pieces a thousand and myriad barriers.'