續傳燈錄 19.21

19.21

鄭州資福寶月法明禪師。浴佛陞坐。僧問。法身清淨妙應無方。為什麼香湯浴佛。師曰。今朝四月八。云既然無垢浴箇什麼。師曰。不因入水爭見長人。云忽若撞著雲門老子又作麼生師曰。快便難逢便打。上堂曰。資福別無所補。五日一參擊鼓。何曾說妙談玄。秖是麁言直語。甘草自來甜。黃連依舊苦。忽若鼻孔遼天逢人切忌錯舉。又上堂曰。風柯月渚並可傳心。煙島雲林咸提妙旨。現成公案不在思量。更說碧眼西來單傳直指。大似平地生波。而今還有相委悉底麼。良久曰。石頭大小連雲翠。檜短松長帶露青。下座。又曰。若論此事譬如伐樹得根。灸病得穴。若也得根。豈在千枝遍斬。若也得穴。不假六分全燒。以拄杖卓一下曰。這箇是根那箇是穴。喝一喝曰。是何言歟。

Chan Master Baoyue Faming of Zifu in Zhengzhou, on bathing the Buddha, ascended the seat. A monk asked, "The Dharma body is pure and its wondrous response is without fixed direction. Why bathe the Buddha with fragrant water?" The Master said, "Today is the eighth day of the fourth month." The monk said, "Since it is without defilement, what are you bathing?" The Master said, "If one does not enter the water, how can one see the tall person?" The monk said, "What if one suddenly runs into Old Man Yunmen?" The Master said, "A swift opportunity is hard to meet," and struck him. He ascended the hall and said, "Zifu has nothing else to offer; every five days we assemble and strike the drum. When have we ever spoken of the wondrous or discussed the abstruse? We use only coarse words and direct speech. Licorice has always been sweet; coptis remains bitter as ever. If your nostrils suddenly reach to the heavens, take care never to cite this mistakenly when meeting people." He also ascended the hall and said, "Wind-blown branches and the moonlit islet can both transmit the mind; misty islands and cloudy groves all bring up the wondrous purport. The ready-made gong'an is not in thinking. To speak further of the blue-eyed [one's] coming from the West with a special transmission directly pointing is much like raising waves on flat ground. Is there anyone now who fully understands?" After a long pause, he said, "Stone peaks large and small connect to the clouds in green; cypresses are short and pines are tall, carrying dew in verdure." He descended from the seat. He also said, "If one speaks of this matter, it is like cutting a tree and reaching the root, or moxibusting an illness and finding the acupoint. If you reach the root, why would you need to cut all thousand branches? If you find the acupoint, there is no need to burn the entire six parts." He tapped his staff once and said, "This is the root; that is the acupoint." He gave a shout and said, "What words are these?"