續傳燈錄 23.44

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舒州浮山德宣禪師。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。天長地久。僧云。學人未曉。師曰。年老病生。僧云。同生同死又作麼生。師曰。喚闍梨作佛得麼。乃曰。雙井峯錦繡谷。南北東西難圖錄。縱爾僧繇巧筆端。爭如一到心中足。拈起拂子曰。還見麼。良久曰。雲居羅漢。擊禪床下座。上堂曰。諸佛不出世四十九年說。祖師不西來少林有妙訣。若人識祖佛。當處便超越。遂拈拂子曰。這箇是浮渡拂子。且道祖佛在什麼處。良久曰。雖是善因而招惡果。

Chan Master Dexuan of Fushan in Shuzhou. A monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The Master said, "Heaven is enduring and earth is everlasting." The monk said, "This student does not understand." The Master said, "Old age brings sickness." The monk said, "What about dying together and being born together?" The Master said, "Would it do to call you, Ācārya, the Buddha?" He then said, "Twin Well Peak and Brocade Valley: / South, north, east, and west are hard to depict in a map. / Even with the skilful brush of Zhang Sengyou, / How could it equal arriving once and being satisfied in mind?" Raising his whisk, he said, "Do you see?" After a good while, he said, "Yunju Arhat." He struck the meditation bench and descended from the seat. Ascending the hall, he said, "The Buddhas did not appear in the world, yet spoke for forty-nine years; the Patriarch did not come from the West, yet Shaolin has wondrous directives. If someone recognizes the Patriarchs and Buddhas, right where they are they instantly transcend." He then raised his whisk and said, "This is Fudu's whisk. And tell me, where are the Patriarchs and Buddhas?" After a good while, he said, "Though it was a wholesome cause, it incurred an evil result."