續傳燈錄 24.38

24.38

明州雪竇嗣宗禪師。徽州陳氏子。幼業經圓具。依妙湛慧禪師詰問次釋然契悟。慧以麈尾拂付之。後謁宏智蒙印可其道愈尊。出住普照善權翠岩雪竇。上堂。人人有箇鼻孔。唯有善權無鼻孔。為甚麼無。二十年前被人掣落了也。人人有兩箇眼睛。唯有善權無眼睛。為甚麼無。被人木槵子換了也。人人有箇髑髏。唯有善權無髑髏。為甚麼無。借人作屎杓了也。遂召大眾曰。鼻孔又無。眼睛又無。髑髏又無。諸人還識善權麼。若也不識。是諸人埋沒善權。其或未然。更聽一頌。㵎底泥牛金貼面。山頭石女著真紅。繫驢橛上生芝草。不是雲藹香爐峯。上堂。翠岩不是不說。秖為無箇時節。今朝快便難逢。一句為君剖決。露柱本是木頭。秤鎚秖是生鐵。諸人若到諸方。莫道山僧饒舌。僧問。蓮花未出水時如何。師曰。沒却爾鼻孔。曰出水後如何。師曰。穿著爾眼睛。曰如何是正法眼。師曰。烏豆。問如何是君。師曰。磨礱三尺劍待斬不平人。曰如何是臣。師曰。白雲閑不徹流水太忙生。曰如何是君臣道合。師曰。雲行雨施月皎星輝。問如何是正中偏。師曰。菱花未照前。曰如何是偏中正。師曰。團圞無少剩。曰如何是正中來。師曰。遍界絕纖埃。曰如何是兼中至。師曰。齧鏃功前戲。曰如何是兼中到。師曰。十道不通耗。問如何是轉功就位。師曰。撒手無依全體現。扁舟漁父宿蘆花。曰如何是轉位就功。師曰。半夜嶺頭風月靜。一聲高樹老𤠔啼。曰如何是功位齊彰。師曰。出門不踏來時路。滿目飛塵絕點埃。曰如何是功位俱隱。師曰。泥牛飲盡澄潭月。石馬加鞭不轉頭。師終于本山。塔全身寺之西南隅。

Chan Master Xuedou Sizong of Mingzhou was a son of the Chen clan of Huizhou. In his youth he studied the scriptures and received full ordination. While questioning Chan Master Miaozhan Hui, he suddenly had an awakening; Hui transmitted the whisk to him. Later he visited Hongzhi and received the seal of approval, and his way became even more venerated. He went forth to reside at Puzhao, Shanquan, Cuiyan, and Xuedou. Ascending the hall, he said, 'Everyone has nostrils, but only Shanquan has no nostrils. Why none? Twenty years ago they were snatched away by someone. Everyone has two eyes, but only Shanquan has no eyes. Why none? They were swapped for soapberries by someone. Everyone has a skull, but only Shanquan has no skull. Why none? It was borrowed by someone to use as a shit-ladle.' Then he addressed the great assembly, saying, 'No nostrils, no eyes, no skull either—do you all still recognize Shanquan? If you do not recognize him, you are burying Shanquan. If not so, listen further to a verse: / A mud ox at the ravine bottom with gold leaf on its face; / A stone woman on the mountain peak wearing bright crimson. / On the tethering peg for donkeys, lingzhi mushrooms grow; / It is not the clouds gathering on Incense Burner Peak.' Ascending the hall, he said, 'It is not that Cuiyan does not speak, but merely that there was no such occasion. Today a convenient opportunity is hard to meet; in one phrase I dissect and resolve it for you: The exposed pillar is fundamentally wood; the steelyard weight is merely cast iron. If you go to other places, do not say this mountain monk is talkative.' A monk asked, 'How is it before the lotus emerges from the water?' The master said, 'Drowning your nostrils.' The monk asked, 'How is it after emerging from the water?' The master said, 'Piercing through your eyes.' The monk asked, 'What is the true Dharma eye?' The master said, 'Black beans.' He asked, 'What is the ruler?' The master said, 'Polishing the three-foot sword, waiting to behead the unjust.' The monk asked, 'What is the minister?' The master said, 'White clouds never resting; flowing water far too busy.' The monk asked, 'What is the harmony of ruler and minister?' The master said, 'Clouds move and rain falls; the moon is bright and stars shine.' He asked, 'What is the partial within the true?' The master said, 'Before the water caltrop flower reflects.' The monk asked, 'What is the true within the partial?' The master said, 'Completely round, without the slightest surplus.' The monk asked, 'What is coming from within the true?' The master said, 'Throughout the realm, completely free of fine dust.' The monk asked, 'What is arrival within both?' The master said, 'Biting the arrowhead—child's play beforehand.' The monk asked, 'What is reaching within both?' The master said, 'Along the ten paths, no news gets through.' He asked, 'What is shifting the merit to enter the position?' The master said, 'Letting go without reliance, the entire body is manifested; the fisherman in the skiff sleeps among the reed flowers.' The monk asked, 'What is shifting the position to enter merit?' The master said, 'At midnight on the mountain ridge, the wind and moon are still; from high in the tree, an old ape cries once.' The monk asked, 'What is merit and position both manifest?' The master said, 'Going out the gate, not treading the path by which one came; filling the eyes with flying dust, completely devoid of specks.' The monk asked, 'What is merit and position both concealed?' The master said, 'The mud ox drinks dry the moon in the clear pool; the stone horse feels the whip and does not turn its head.' The master passed away on this mountain. His whole body was stupaed in the southwest corner of the monastery.