續傳燈錄 19.44

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哲宗皇帝上仙。五七入內。相國曾公布聞師道風奏以師名。淛漕程公之元。潤州守大監傅公爕。請住金山。師於建中靖國元年四月十一日入寺。皇后遣中使降香。為　皇帝祝延聖壽。上首白槌竟。師顧左右曰。還會麼。師子奮迅象王回旋。於斯明得不妨省力。其或不然有疑請問。僧問。選佛場開當此日。師將何法答皇恩。師曰。萬年松在祝融峯。僧云。若然者秖如大監臨筵如何補報。師曰。漁樵千里樂昇平。僧云。飄來新雨露。洗出舊樓臺。師曰。說道理。云秖如泛洪舟衝雪浪一句又作麼生。師曰。三門頭合掌。佛殿裏燒香。乃曰。法本無說隨事應機。心本絕形遇緣即現。古今如是凡聖同途。蓋眾生迷妄不知遂成流轉。故能仁頓忘情見了達根源。不從外求亦非內得。所以佛佛授手祖祖相傳。道貫一乘宗分五派。臨濟則賓主互換。韶陽乃顧鑑全超。溈仰則父子相投。曹洞乃君臣慶會。清涼法眼直指唯心。建立門風各張鋪席。包含萬象該括大千。冥冥不混於色聲。蕩蕩豈妨於語默。把定則十方坐斷。虎踞龍蟠。放行則千聖出興。風行草偃。助堯仁政化。祝睿算延鴻。降伏眾魔普利群有。然雖恁麼猶涉程途。且道正令當行如何理論。良久曰。一氣不言含有象。萬靈何處謝無私　皇后教旨遣中使降香。為皇子韓國公頭晬之辰請陞坐。僧問。天香遠降慶皇子之令辰。中使臨筵聞法要師曰。好風來不盡。紅日照無涯。僧云。一句逈超今古外。松蘿不與月輪齊。師曰。於斯如曉了。不在別追求。僧云。箇中奇特事鑪爇御清香。師曰。木人吹玉笛聲入紫微宮。乃曰。妙高臺畔龍象駢闐。化城閣前聖賢會合。正是我皇植福之地。乃為禪流選佛之場。洞啟法門廣開要路。悟之者頭頭顯道物物明心。高蹈大方圓融至理。迷之者重重昧性句句乖宗。空自精勤終無了達。苟能於斯一致畫斷兩邊。不離當人便同正覺。真可謂金輪統御玉燭遐明。萬國賓從八方寧靜。龍蛇出穴丹鳳來梧。野老謳歌行人讓路。堯風與祖風並扇。舜日共佛日齊明。奔波游子徑歸家。是處高人遊佛國。然雖如是。且道龍生龍子底句又作麼生。良久曰。非但天神來密祐。更資遐算助吾皇。師初開法。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。高聲問著。僧云。如何是道。師曰。脚下薦取。僧云。如何是禪。師曰。舌拄梵天。僧云。學人今日小出大遇去也。師曰。爾遇得箇什麼。僧云。不可重說偈言。師曰。勘破了也。乃曰。如是之法亘古亘今。一切現前不勞心力。上至諸佛下及傍生。妙湛真如何常有異。秖為群情棄本逐末。展轉輪回未能捨妄歸真。安得頓超彼岸。所以菩提達磨遠屆此方。直指人心見性成佛。少林九年冷坐不措一言。唯有坐主神光。俄然瞥地。便乃求安心之旨了不可尋。即於言下承當。從此紹隆祖位。末後門庭大啟枝派遙分。石人舞出玄關。玉女吹成妙曲。如斯舉唱已狥機緣。後學初心直須薦取。久參高德曲為證明。且道截斷兩頭底句又作麼生。良久乃拍禪床一下下坐。又上堂曰今朝二月十五。惠果陞堂擊鼓。召集四海禪人。大家商量佛祖。寒山聞說呵呵。捨得起來作舞。直饒碧眼胡僧。也須點頭相許。還相委悉麼。歸堂喫茶去。又上堂顧視大眾曰。春光漸半春色方融。桃花陌上噴馨香。楊柳岸邊垂裊娜。大醫嶺下水聲終夜響潺湲。惠果門前雲影暮天鋪爛熳鶯啼嶺上蝶舞花前。法法見成不勞心力。又示眾曰。汝等大眾。盡是雲外高士遍歷諸方。扣問宗師求其解悟。還知人人自有一段光明。十二時中在汝諸人面門出入。未嘗有絲毫欠少。未嘗有絲毫間隔。未究得者切須究取。比來行脚圖箇甚麼。若於此見得歷歷分明。猶是生死岸頭事在。須知有衲僧超佛越祖向上一著。敢問諸人作麼生是向上一著。良久曰。月明深夜後。𤠔叫亂峯前。擊禪床下座。

Emperor Zhezong passed away. During the five-sevens funerary period, inside the palace, Prime Minister Zeng Bu, having heard of the master's renown in the Way, memorialized his name. Intendant of Zhexi Cheng Zhiyuan and Prefect and Grand Eunuch of Runzhou Fu Xie invited the master to reside at Jinshan. The master entered the monastery on the eleventh day of the fourth month in the first year of the Jianzhong-Jingguo era. The Empress dispatched an imperial envoy to offer incense and pray for the longevity of the Emperor. When the senior monk struck the mallet, the master looked to the left and right and said, "Do you understand? The lion leaps; the elephant king turns back. If you understand here, it saves no small amount of effort. If not, and you have doubts, please ask." A monk asked, "On this day when the arena for selecting buddhas opens, with what Dharma will the master repay the imperial benevolence?" The master said, "The ten-thousand-year pine stands on Zhurong Peak." The monk said, "If so, then when the Grand Eunuch attends the banquet, how will you make recompense?" The master said, "Fishermen and woodcutters across a thousand leagues rejoice in peace." The monk said, "Newly fallen rain and dew / Wash clean the old towers and pavilions." The master said, "Talking theory." The monk asked, "What about the phrase for 'sailing a vast boat surging through snow-white waves'?" The master said, "Join the palms at the triple gate; burn incense in the Buddha hall." He then said: "The Dharma originally has no words, but responds to capacity according to affairs. The mind originally has no form, but manifests when encountering conditions. Past and present are like this; ordinary and holy share the same path. Because sentient beings are deluded and unaware, they cycle in transmigration. Therefore, the Benevolent One suddenly forgot emotional views and thoroughly understood the root and source; it is not sought from without, nor attained from within. Thus buddha after buddha extended hands, and patriarch after patriarch transmitted it. The Way penetrates the One Vehicle; the school divides into five branches. Linji features the mutual exchange of guest and host; Shaoyang's observing and reflecting is entirely transcendent; Guiyang sees father and son in accord; Caodong is the joyous meeting of ruler and minister; and Qingliang's Fayan directly points to mind-only. Establishing their lineage styles, each set up their wares, encompassing all phenomena and embracing the great chiliocosm. Deep and dark, it does not blend with form and sound; vast and open, how could it hinder speech and silence? Grasping tightly, the ten directions are cut off—a tiger crouches, a dragon coils. Letting go, a thousand sages appear—the wind blows, the grass bends. Assisting the benevolent governance of Yao, praying for the vast extension of the imperial life, subduing all demons, and universally benefiting all sentient beings. Yet even so, it still traverses the journey. Tell me, when the proper command is executed, how is it discussed?" After a long silence, he said: "The one breath speaks not, yet embraces all phenomena; / Where can the ten thousand spirits thank that which is selfless?" By imperial order of the Empress, an envoy was sent to present incense, requesting the master to ascend the seat on the occasion of the first birthday of the imperial prince, the Duke of Han. A monk asked, "Heavenly incense descends from afar to celebrate the auspicious day of the imperial prince; the envoy attends the banquet to hear the essentials of the Dharma." The master said, "A fine wind comes without end; the red sun shines boundlessly." The monk said, "A single phrase vastly transcends past and present; the pine and vine are not equal to the moon disk." The master said, "If you are clear about this, do not seek elsewhere." The monk said, "The extraordinary affair therein: the imperial pure incense burns in the brazier." The master said, "A wooden man plays a jade flute; the sound enters the Purple Palace." He then said: "Beside the Wondrous High Terrace, dragons and elephants gather; before the Tower of the Conjured City, sages and worthies assemble. This is precisely where our Emperor plants merit, and the arena where Chan practitioners are selected as buddhas. The Dharma gate is thrown wide open; the essential path is broadly revealed. Those who awaken to it find that every single thing reveals the Way, and every phenomenon clarifies the mind; walking lofty in the Great Direction, completely harmonizing with the ultimate principle. Those who are deluded obscure their nature at every turn and violate the lineage with every phrase; in vain do they apply diligent effort, never reaching thorough comprehension. If you can here cut off both extremes at once, without departing from oneself one is identical to right awakening. This can truly be called the Golden Wheel governing, the Jade Candle shining far and wide. The ten thousand states submit; the eight directions are tranquil. Dragons and snakes emerge from their dens; the cinnabar phoenix comes to the parasol tree. Old men of the wilds sing praises; travelers yield the path. The wind of Yao and the wind of the patriarchs blow together; the sun of Shun and the sun of the Buddha shine equally bright. The wandering son rushing about directly returns home; everywhere, eminent people roam the Buddha land. Although it is like this, tell me: what about the phrase for a dragon giving birth to a dragon's son?" After a long silence, he said: "Not only do the heavenly spirits offer secret protection, / They also add long life to assist our Emperor." When the master first opened the Dharma hall, a monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The master said, "Ask with a loud voice." The monk asked, "What is the Way?" The master said, "Discern it beneath your feet." The monk asked, "What is Chan?" The master said, "The tongue props up the Brahma heaven." The monk said, "Today this student gave little and gained much." The master said, "What did you gain?" The monk said, "I cannot repeat the verse." The master said, "Seen through!" He then said: "Such a Dharma spans through antiquity and through the present; everything appears before you without wearying mental effort. From all buddhas above down to animals below, the wondrous, serene tathatā: how could there ever be any difference? It is only because the multitude of sentiments abandons the root to chase the branches, cycling through transmigration without being able to cast off delusion and return to truth. How could they abruptly transcend to the other shore? Therefore Bodhidharma came from afar to this land, directly pointing to the human mind to see one's nature and become a buddha. At Shaolin for nine years he sat coldly without uttering a single word. Only Master Shenguang suddenly had an insight; he then sought the essential instruction for pacifying the mind, but found it completely unfindable. Thereupon, upon these words, he took it upon himself, and from then on succeeded to the ancestral seat. In the end, the gate was thrown wide open, and the branches divided far and wide. The stone man dances out from the mystery barrier; the jade maiden plays a wondrous tune. Such instructional discourse has already yielded to capacity and conditions. Beginners and later students must directly understand it; senior practitioners of high virtue adapt to give verification. But tell me, what about the phrase that cuts off both ends?" After a long silence, he struck the meditation bed once and stepped down from his seat. He also ascended the hall and said: / "Today is the fifteenth day of the second month; / Huiguo ascends the hall and strikes the drum, / Assembling the Chan practitioners of the four seas / For all to discuss the buddhas and patriarchs. / Hanshan hears of it and laughs, 'Ha, ha!' / Shide stands up and begins to dance. / Even if it were the blue-eyed barbarian monk, / He too would have to nod in approval. / Do you understand? Go back to the hall and drink tea." / He also ascended the hall, looked at the assembly, and said: "The spring light is half gone; the spring colors are just melting into warmth. Peach blossoms along the path spray fragrance; willows beside the bank hang gracefully. Below Dayi Ridge, the sound of water gurgles through the whole night; before the gate of Huiguo, the evening clouds spread in gorgeous arrays. Orioles sing on the ridge; butterflies dance before the flowers. Each and every phenomenon is already accomplished, requiring no mental effort." He also instructed the assembly, saying: "All of you in this great assembly are eminent scholars beyond the clouds who have traveled through all quarters, inquiring of lineage masters and seeking understanding and awakening. Do you know that each and every person possesses a radiance of their own? Throughout the twelve periods of the day, it enters and leaves through the gates of your faces, never lacking in the slightest, never separated in the slightest. Those who have not investigated it thoroughly must thoroughly investigate it! What was the purpose of your itinerant pilgrimage all this time? If you see it clearly and distinctly here, it is still an affair on the shore of birth and death. You must know there is the patch-robed monk's one upward step that transcends buddhas and surpasses patriarchs. I dare ask everyone: what is the one upward step?" After a long silence, he said: / "Late at night beneath the bright moon, / Monkeys screech before the jagged peaks." / Striking the meditation bed, he stepped down from his seat.