續傳燈錄 22.11

22.11

漢州三聖繼昌禪師。彭州黎氏子。上堂。木佛不度火。甘露臺前逢達磨。惆悵洛陽人未來。面壁九年空冷坐。金佛不度爐。坐嘆勞生走道途。不向華山圖上看。豈知潘閬倒騎驢。泥佛不度水。一道靈光照天地。堪羨玄沙老古錐。不要南山要鼈鼻。上堂。舉趙州訪二菴主。師曰。五陵公子爭誇富。百衲高僧不厭貧。近來世俗多顛倒。秖重衣衫不重人。

Chan Master Jichang of Sansheng in Hanzhou was a son of the Li family of Pengzhou. He ascended the hall [and said]: 'A wooden Buddha does not endure fire; before the Sweet Dew Platform one meets Bodhidharma. Sorrowful that the man of Luoyang has not yet come, he sat in vain in the cold, wall-gazing for nine years. A golden Buddha does not endure the furnace; sitting and sighing over this toilsome life running upon the road. If one does not look upon the painting of Mount Hua, how could one know Pan Lang rides the donkey backwards? A clay Buddha does not endure water; a single ray of spiritual light illuminates heaven and earth. How admirable is old Xuansha, that sharp awl! He did not want the South Mountain, he wanted the turtle-nosed viper.' Ascending the hall, he cited Zhaozhou visiting the two hermitage masters. The Master said: 'The scions of the Five Tombs vie in boasting of their wealth; the venerable monk in hundred-patch robes does not detest his poverty. In recent times worldly conventions are mostly upside down: they only esteem the clothing, not the person.'