續傳燈錄 23.54

23.54

平江府覺海法因菴主。郡之嵎山朱氏子。年二十四披緇服進具。遊方至東林謁慧日。日舉靈雲悟道機語問之。師擬對。日曰。不是不是。師忽有所契。占偈曰。巖上桃花開。花從何處來。靈雲纔一見。回首舞三臺。日曰。子所見雖已入微。然更著鞭當明大法。師承教居廬阜三十年不與世接。叢林尊之。建炎中盜起江左。順流東歸。邑人結菴命居。緇白繼踵問道。嘗謂眾曰。汝等飽持定力。無憂晨炊而事干求也。晚年放浪自若。稱五松散人。

Hermitage Master Fayin of Juehai in Pingjiang Prefecture was a son of the Zhu family of Mount Yu in the prefecture. At the age of twenty-four, he put on monastic robes and received full ordination. Travelling on pilgrimage, he arrived at Donglin to pay respects to Huiri. Huiri cited Lingyun's encounter on awakening to the Way to question him. The Master was about to reply when Huiri said, "Not so, not so." The Master suddenly had an accord. He composed a verse on the spot: "On the cliff, peach blossoms open; / From where do the flowers come? / As soon as Lingyun saw them, / He turned his head and danced the Santai." Huiri said, "Although what you have seen has already entered into the subtle, you should apply the whip further and clarify the Great Dharma." Following his instructions, the Master dwelt at Mount Lu for thirty years without associating with the mundane world. The monasteries revered him. During the Jianyan era, bandits arose east of the river, so he followed the current and returned east. The local people built a hermitage and invited him to dwell there. Clerics and laypeople followed one after another to ask about the Way. He once said to the assembly, "If you maintain the power of samādhi fully, you will have no worries about your morning meal or need to solicit things." In his later years, he wandered freely and unrestrained, calling himself the Leisure Man of Wusong.