續傳燈錄 21.34

21.34

慶元府育王無竭淨曇禪師。嘉禾人也。晚歸錢塘之法慧。一日上堂。本自深山臥白雲。偶然來此寄閑身。莫來問我禪兼道。我是喫飯屙屎人。紹興丙寅夏辭朝貴歸付院事。四眾擁眎。揮扇久之書偈曰。這漢從來沒縫罅。五十六年成話霸。今朝死去見閻王。劍樹刀山得人怕。遂打一圓相曰。嗄。一任諸方鑽龜打瓦。收足而化。火後舍利如霰。門人持骨歸阿育王山建塔。

Chan Master Wujie Jingtam of Yuwang in Qingyuan Prefecture was a native of Jiahe. In his later years he returned to Fahui in Qiantang. One day he ascended the hall: 'Originally, deep in the mountains, I lay amidst white clouds; / By chance I came here to lodge my idle body. / Do not come asking me about Chan and the Dao— / I am a man who eats rice and voids excrement.' In the summer of the bingyin year of Shaoxing, he took leave of court dignitaries and returned to transfer the affairs of the monastery. The fourfold assembly crowded around watching him. After waving his fan for a long time, he wrote a verse: 'This fellow has never had a seam or gap; / For fifty-six years he has been a master of talk. / Dying today to see King Yama, / The forest of swords and mountain of knives strike dread into one.' He then drew a circle, said, 'Ha! Let the various quarters bore turtles and strike tiles as they will,' gathered his feet, and was transformed. After cremation, relics fell like sleet. His disciples took his bones back to Mount Ayuwang and erected a stupa.