續傳燈錄 27.10

27.10

台州護國此菴景元禪師姓張氏。溫州樂清人。始出家遍遊叢林。至蔣山謁圓悟禪師。久在會中。一日因二僧閱死心錄。有云。既迷時須待箇悟。既悟了須識悟中迷。迷悟雙忘却從迷悟處建立。一切法。師心非之。拂袖而起。行數步。忽然冥契。走告圓悟。圓悟印可。後辭圓悟。圓悟問。向去有人問爾作麼生。師撫傍僧背曰。和尚問爾何不秖對。圓悟大笑。嘗語人云。我有些子禪。被元兄一布袋盛將去也。叢林因號元布袋。師道契耿龍圖因請出世於處州南明。示眾曰。釋迦不會道。達磨不會禪列祖無機關。衲僧沒巴鼻。是則是作麼生承當。若向這裏承當得去。佛法世法打成一片。十二時中不移易一絲毫。其或未然莫守寒巖異草青。坐著白雲宗不妙。又示眾舉拂子曰。大眾還見麼。擊碎銀山鐵壁。掀翻虎穴魔宮。截斷佛祖機關。拂盡諸方路布。直得德山却步臨濟吞聲。天下衲僧不敢喘氣。縱饒睦州親自入門。頂𩕳也還一剳。且道連雲節角在什麼處。還知麼。若到諸方切忌錯選。又曰。野犴鳴師子吼。開得眼張得口。動南星蹉北斗。大眾還知落處麼。金剛堦下蹲神龜火裏走。僧問。如何是臨濟宗。師曰。殺人不眨眼。云如何是雲門宗。師曰。頂門三眼曜乾坤。云如何是溈仰宗。師曰。推不向前約不向後。云如何是法眼宗。師曰。箭鋒相敵不相饒。云如何是曹洞宗。師曰。手執夜明符幾箇知天曉。師居南明幾二年。厭於將迎。一日舉感鐵面頌云。

Chan Master Ciyan Jingyuan of Huguo in Taizhou had the secular surname Zhang. He was a native of Yueqing in Wenzhou. When he first left home, he traveled extensively through the monasteries. Arriving at Jiangshan, he visited Chan Master Yuanwu and remained in his assembly for a long time. One day, because two monks were reading the Recorded Sayings of Sixin, which said: 'When deluded, one must wait for awakening; having awakened, one must recognize the delusion within awakening. When both delusion and awakening are forgotten, from the locus of delusion and awakening one establishes all dharmas,' the master mentally disagreed with it. Flicking his sleeves, he got up. Walking several paces, he suddenly had an implicit realization. He ran to report it to Yuanwu, and Yuanwu sealed his approval. Later, when taking leave of Yuanwu, Yuanwu asked: 'In the future, if someone asks you, how will you respond?' The master patted the back of a monk beside him and said: 'The Upādhyāya is asking you, why don't you answer?' Yuanwu laughed heartily and once said to others: 'I had a bit of Chan, but it was packed into a single cloth sack and carried away by Brother Yuan.' The monasteries therefore called him 'Yuan of the Cloth Sack.' The master's realization matched that of Longtu Geng, who accordingly invited him to enter the world [as abbot] at Nanming in Chuzhou. Instructing the assembly, he said: 'Śākya did not understand the Way; Bodhidharma did not understand Chan. The successive patriarchs have no active mechanisms; patch-robed monks have no handle. Be that as it may, how will you take it upon yourselves? If you can take it upon yourselves here, the Buddha Dharma and worldly dharma are fused into one, not shifting a hair's breadth throughout the twelve periods of the day. If not yet so, do not guard the cold cliff where unusual grass grows green; sitting in white clouds, the lineage is not wondrous.' He also instructed the assembly by raising his whisk, saying: 'Does the great assembly see? It smashes the silver mountains and iron walls, overturns the tiger's den and demon's palace, cuts off the mechanisms of the buddhas and patriarchs, and sweeps away the entanglement of words from all quarters. It makes Deshan step back and Linji swallow his voice; the patch-robed monks of the world dare not breathe. Even if Muzhou came through the gate in person, he would still get a thrust on the crown of his head. And tell me, where are the joints and corners that connect with the clouds? Do you know? When you go to various quarters, by all means avoid choosing wrongly!' He also said: 'The jackal yelps, the lion roars; opening the eyes, gaping the mouth. The Southern Star shifts, the Northern Dipper stumbles. Does the great assembly know where it lands? The vajra warrior crouches beneath the steps; the divine turtle walks into the fire.' A monk asked: 'What is the Linji lineage?' The master said: 'Killing a man without blinking an eye.' 'What is the Yunmen lineage?' The master said: 'Three eyes on the crown of the head illuminating heaven and earth.' 'What is the Weiyang lineage?' The master said: 'Push it, it does not go forward; pull it, it does not go backward.' 'What is the Fayan lineage?' The master said: 'Arrow points meeting face-to-face, showing no quarter.' 'What is the Caodong lineage?' The master said: 'Holding the night-illuminating talisman in hand, how many know the dawn has come?' The master resided at Nanming for nearly two years. Weary of welcoming and sending off, one day he cited the verse on Feeling Iron Face: