續傳燈錄 22.35

22.35

潭州報慈進英禪師。僧問。遠涉長途即不問。到家一句事如何。師曰。雪滿長空。曰此猶是時人知。有轉身一路又作麼生。師便喝。上堂。報慈有一公案。諸方未曾結斷。幸遇改旦拈出。各請高著眼看。遂趯下一隻鞋曰。還知這箇消息也無。達磨西歸時提携在身畔。上堂。與麼上來猛虎出林。與麼下去驚蛇入草。不上不下日輪杲杲。喝一喝曰。瀟湘江水碧溶溶。出門便是長安道。上堂擲下拄杖却召大眾曰。拄杖吞却祖師了也。教甚麼人說禪。還有人救得也無。喝一喝。上堂驀拈拄杖曰。三世一切佛。同入這窠窟。衲僧喚作遼天鶻。卓拄杖一下。

Chan Master Jinying of Baoci in Tanzhou. A monk asked, "I do not ask about trekking over the long road; what is the matter of the one phrase upon arriving home?" The master said, "Snow fills the vast sky." The monk said, "This is still what people of the time know; what is the path of turning the body?" The master gave a shout. Ascending the hall: "Baoci has a gong'an that has not yet been settled anywhere. Happily meeting the new day, I bring it out: I ask each of you to open your eyes high and look." He then kicked off a single shoe and said, "Do you know this message? When Bodhidharma returned to the West, he carried it beside him." Ascending the hall: "Coming up like this is a fierce tiger emerging from the forest; going down like this is a startled snake entering the grass. Neither up nor down, the sun-disc shines bright and clear." Giving a shout, he said, "The waters of the Xiao and Xiang rivers are emerald and flowing; stepping out the gate, there is the road to Chang'an." Ascending the hall, he threw down his staff, then called out to the great assembly, saying, "The staff has swallowed up the Patriarchs! Whom will you have preach Chan? Is there still anyone who can save them?" He gave a shout. Ascending the hall, he suddenly held up his staff and said, "All the Buddhas of the three periods of time / Enter this nest together. / Patch-robed monks call it a falcon soaring in the distant sky." He struck his staff once.