續傳燈錄 23.6

23.6

東京天寧長靈守卓禪師。泉州莊氏子。上堂曰。三千劍客獨許莊周。為甚麼跳不出。良醫之門多病人。因甚麼不消一劄。已透關者更請辨看。上堂。譬如眼根不自見眼。性自平等。無平等者便恁麼去。無孔鐵鎚聊且安置。直得入林不動草。入水不動波。也是一期方便。若也籬內竹抽籬外笋。㵎東花發㵎西紅。更待勘過了打。僧問。丹霞燒木佛院主為甚麼眉鬚墮落。師曰猫兒會上樹。曰早知如是終不如是。師曰。惜取眉毛。問如何是衲衣下事。師曰。天旱為民愁。問佛未出世時如何。師曰。絕毫絕釐。曰出世後如何。師曰。填溝塞壑。曰出與未出相去幾何。師曰。人平不語水平不流。上堂。平高就下勾賊破家。截鐵斬釘狐狸戀窟。總不恁麼合作麼生。所以道。萬仞崖頭親撒手。須是其人。秖如香積國中持鉢一句作麼生道。良久曰。切忌風吹別調中。上堂。釋迦掩室過犯彌天。毘耶杜詞自救不了。如何如何口門太小。宣和五年十二月二十七日奄然示寂。闍維日皇帝遣中使賜香。持金盤求設利。爇香罷盤中鏗然。視之五色者數顆大如豆。使者持還上見大悅。

Chan Master Changling Shouzhuo of Tianning in the Eastern Capital was a son of the Zhuang family of Quanzhou. Ascending the hall, he said: "Among three thousand swordsmen, only Zhuang Zhou was acknowledged. Why could he not jump out? At the door of a good physician, patients abound. Why did it not take even a single needle? Let those who have already passed through the barrier examine this!"
Ascending the hall, he said: "It is like the eye faculty not seeing itself; its nature is inherently equal. If there is no one who is equal, then go forth just like this! Set aside for a moment the unpierced iron hammer. Even if you succeed in entering the forest without stirring the grass or entering the water without making a wave, this is merely a temporary expedient. If bamboo inside the hedge sprouts shoots outside the hedge, and flowers blooming east of the ravine show red west of the ravine, wait until you are further interrogated before being beaten!"
A monk asked, "When Danxia burned the wooden Buddha, why did the monastery director's eyebrows and beard fall off?"
The Master said, "A cat can climb a tree."
The monk said, "Had I known it was like this, I would never have done it like this."
The Master said, "Cherish your eyebrows!"
He asked, "What is the matter beneath the patch-robed gown?"
The Master said, "During a drought in heaven, one worries for the people."
He asked, "What was it like before the Buddha appeared in the world?"
The Master said, "Not a hair's breadth."
He asked, "What was it like after he appeared in the world?"
The Master said, "Filling the gullies and choking the ravines."
He asked, "How far apart are appearing and not appearing?"
The Master said, "When people are at peace, they do not speak; when water is level, it does not flow."
Ascending the hall, he said: "Flattening the high to fill the low invites thieves to ruin the house. Cutting through iron and severing nails, the fox still clings to its den. If you do neither at all, what will you do? Therefore it is said: 'Releasing one's hands directly atop a ten-thousand-fathom cliff requires the right person.' Just tell me: how do you say a single phrase on holding the bowl in the land of Fragrance Accumulated?" After a long pause, he said, "Be sure not to let the wind blow you into another tune!"
Ascending the hall, he said: "Śākya shutting his room—his transgression filled the heavens. Vimalakīrti holding his tongue—he could not even save himself. How to put it? How to put it? The mouth is too small!"
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month in the fifth year of the Xuanhe era, he peacefully manifested cessation. On the day of the cremation, the Emperor dispatched an imperial envoy to present incense and hold a gold platter to solicit śarīra. When the burning of incense ended, there was a clinking sound in the platter. Looking at it, there were several five-colored pieces as large as beans. The envoy brought them back, and upon seeing them, the Emperor was greatly pleased.