續傳燈錄 28.14

28.14

平江府西山明因曇玩禪師。溫州黃氏子。遍參叢席。宣和庚子回抵鍾阜。適朝廷改僧為德士。師與同志數人入頭陀岩食松自處。久之圓悟被旨居是山。親至巖所令去鬚髮。及悟詔補京師天寧。與師俱往命掌香水海。未幾舉枹擊鼓頓明大法。凡有所問皆對曰。莫理會。故流輩咸以莫理會稱之。住後上堂。汝有一對眼。我也有一對眼。汝若瞞還自瞞。汝若成佛作祖。老僧無汝底分。汝若做驢做馬。老僧救汝不得。眾檀越入山請上堂。說偈曰。我無長處名虛出。謝汝殷勤特地來。明因無法堪分付。謾把山門為汝開。

Chan Master Tanwan of Mingyin on West Mountain in Pingjiang Prefecture was a native of the Huang clan of Wenzhou. He visited monasteries everywhere. In the gengzi year of the Xuanhe era, he returned to Zhongfu. Just then, the imperial court decreed that Buddhist monks be changed into Daoist 'virtuous gentlemen.' The Master and several like-minded companions entered Toutuo Rock, subsisting on pine needles to keep themselves. After some time, Yuanwu received an imperial decree to reside on this mountain; he came in person to the rock and ordered them to shave their hair and beards. When Yuanwu was summoned to fill the vacancy at Tianning in the capital, the Master went along with him and was appointed to oversee the Ocean of Fragrant Waters. Soon after, raising the mallet and striking the drum, he suddenly became clear about the Great Dharma. Whenever anyone asked him anything, he would always answer, 'Don't pay attention.' Thus his peers all called him 'Don't-Pay-Attention.' After becoming abbot, he ascended the hall and said, 'You have a pair of eyes, and I too have a pair of eyes. If you deceive, you merely deceive yourself. If you become a Buddha or become a patriarch, this old monk has no share in you. If you become a donkey or become a horse, this old monk cannot save you.' When a group of donors came up the mountain and requested him to ascend the hall, he recited a verse: 'I have no special merit, my fame is hollow; / Thank you for coming especially with such earnest care. / Mingyin has no Dharma worthy of being bequeathed, / Merely swinging open the mountain gate for you in vain.'