續傳燈錄 17.35

17.35

潭州道吾汝能禪師。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。毀著不嗔。僧云。如何是法。師曰。讚著不喜。僧云。如何是僧。師曰。剃除鬚髮。乃曰。三轉法輪於大千。其輪本來常清淨。毘婆尸佛早留心。直至如今未得妙。為什麼如此。一切智智清淨還會麼。對驢彈琴不入牛耳。俄遷大溈山。未兩月沐浴淨髮趺坐而逝。

Chan Master Runeng of Daowu in Tanzhou. A monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The master said, "When slandered, not angry." The monk said, "What is the Dharma?" The master said, "When praised, not pleased." The monk said, "What is the Saṅgha?" The master said, "Shaving off the beard and hair." He then said, "'Turning the wheel of Dharma thrice in the great chiliocosm, / That wheel has always been inherently pure.' / Vipaśyin Buddha paid attention early on, / But right up to the present has not attained the wondrousness. Why is it so? 'The purity of the all-inclusive wisdom of all wisdoms'—do you understand yet? Playing the zither to a donkey does not enter a cow's ears." Soon after, he moved to Mount Dagui. In less than two months, he bathed, shaved his head, sat cross-legged, and passed away.