續傳燈錄 18.16

18.16

袁州仰山清蕳禪師。僧問。優鉢曇華今日現。願將花蕋接迷情。師曰。但得雪消去。自然春到來。僧云。一聞千悟立證圜通也。師曰。心不負人面無慚色。問二十年來方外客。今朝出世事何如。師曰。雲從龍風從虎。僧云。萬丈白雲藏不得。一輪明月耀青天。師曰。行到水窮處坐看雲起時。問集雲峯下分明事。請師分付四藤條。師曰。趙州八十方行脚。僧云。得恁麼不知時節。師曰。行到南泉即便休。乃曰。乍臨勝席實慰靈襟。昔日聞說千端。不如一日得到。僧歸山舍人返郡城。事有遷移理無改易。何也。湘水直連秀水。出山還入一山。動靜去來豈妨湛寂。郡峯列岫常露自己家風。夾道青松直透長安大路。煙雲橫野殿閣凌空。不移跬步之間。頓入華藏世界。入則不無。還見善財麼。遂垂下一足曰。久參上士已自知歸。乍到禪人不妨立地一時搆取。又曰。新律纔分霞光報曉。天色欲暖還冷。氣候似冬忽春。蓋鴻蒙之象初升。乃嚴凝之寒未退。時須頃刻已屬東君。勿此為勞共稱得歲。剛有一人不在斯限。天地無由蓋載。寒暑豈得推遷。日月莫諧照臨。陰陽卒難變易。若教此人受歲。終是不甘。時節到來又爭諱得。且道受歲人與不受歲人。兩家相見如何作賀。良久曰。寒隨一夜去春逐五更來。

Chan Master Qingjian of Mount Yang in Yuanzhou. A monk asked, "The udumbara flower appears today; we wish you would use the flower's pistil to guide deluded beings." The Master said, "Just let the snow melt away; naturally spring will arrive." The monk said, "Hearing one thing and awakening to a thousand, one immediately realizes all-pervading penetrative understanding." The Master said, "The mind does not fail others; the face has no look of shame." He asked, "A guest outside the worldly realm for twenty years—how is it when appearing in the world today?" The Master said, "Clouds follow the dragon; wind follows the tiger." The monk said, "Ten thousand fathoms of white clouds cannot conceal it; a single wheel of the bright moon shines in the blue sky." The Master said, "'Walking to where the water ends, sitting to watch when the clouds arise.'" He asked, "The clear matter beneath the Cloud-Gathering Peak—please, Master, impart the four rattan canes." The Master said, "Zhaozhou went on itinerant pilgrimage only at eighty." The monk said, "How could he be so unaware of the seasons?" The Master said, "Having reached Nanquan, he simply ceased." He then said, "Having just arrived at this splendid seat, it truly comforts my spirit. Hearing a thousand explanations in days past is not as good as arriving here for a single day. Monks return to the mountain cottages; people return to the prefectural city. Affairs shift, yet the principle does not change. Why is this? The Xiang River directly connects to the Xiu River; leaving a mountain, one enters yet another mountain. How could activity, stillness, going, and coming obstruct profound serenity? The prefectural peaks and lined-up ridges constantly reveal one's own house style; the green pines lining the path lead directly to the great road of Chang'an. Mist and clouds stretch across the plains; halls and pavilions tower into the sky. Without shifting half a step, one instantly enters the Lotus Treasury World. While entering is not nonexistent, do you still see Sudhana?" He then lowered one foot and said, "Eminent practitioners who have long inquired already know on their own where to return; Chan practitioners newly arrived might as well stand where they are and grasp it all at once." He also said, "The new calendar has just begun; the rosy dawn announces daybreak. The weather wishes to turn warm yet turns cold again; the climate seems like winter, yet suddenly turns to spring. Because the image of primal chaos has just arisen, the severe, freezing cold has not yet receded. In a mere moment, the season will already belong to the Lord of the East. Do not trouble yourselves with this; together proclaim receiving the new year. Yet there is precisely one person not within these limits: heaven and earth have no way to cover or carry him; how could cold and heat shift him? The sun and moon cannot match him in shining down; yin and yang can hardly alter him. If you have this person receive the new year, he will ultimately not be content; yet when the season arrives, how can he deny it? Tell me, when the person who receives the new year and the person who does not receive the new year meet each other, how do they offer congratulations?" After a long pause, he said, "Cold follows the single night and departs; spring pursues the fifth watch and arrives."