[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [續傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077) › 29.20 # 續傳燈錄 29.20 續傳燈錄 29.20 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.29.20) 隆興府黃龍牧菴法忠禪師。四明姚氏子。十九試經得度。習台教悟一心三觀之旨。未能泯跡。遍參名宿至龍門。觀水磨旋轉發明心要。乃述偈曰。轉大法輪。目前包裹。更問如何。水推石磨。呈佛眼。眼曰。其中事作麼生。師曰。㵎下水長流。眼曰。我有末後一句待分付汝。師即掩耳而去。後至廬山於同安枯樹中絕食清坐。宣和間湘潭大旱禱而不應。師躍入龍淵呼曰。業畜當雨一尺雨隨至。居南嶽每跨虎出遊。儒釋望塵而拜。住後上堂。張公喫酒李公醉。子細思量不思議。李公醉醒問張公。恰使張公無好氣。無好氣不如歸家且打睡。上堂。今朝正月半。有事為君斷。切忌兩眼睛。被他燈火換。上堂。我有一句子。不借諸聖口。不動自己舌。非聲氣呼吸。非情識分別。假使淨名杜口於毘耶。釋迦掩室於摩竭。大似掩耳偷鈴。未免天機漏泄。直饒德山入門便棒。臨濟入門便喝。若向牧庵門下。檢點將來秖得一橛。千種言萬般說。秖要教君自家歇。一任大地虛空七凹八凸。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。莫向外邊覓。曰如何是心。師曰。莫向外邊尋。曰如何是道。師曰。莫向外邊討。曰如何是禪。師曰。莫向外邊傳。曰畢竟如何。師曰。靜處薩婆訶。問大眾臨筵請師舉唱。師竪起拂子。僧曰。乞師再垂方便。師擊禪床一下。後示寂塔于香原洞。 > Chan Master Mu'an Fachong of Huanglong in Longxing Prefecture was a son of the Yao family of Siming. At nineteen, he passed the scripture examination and was ordained. He studied the Tiantai teachings and awakened to the purport of the threefold contemplation in a single mind, but could not efface its traces. He traveled everywhere to consult eminent masters, arriving at Longmen. Watching the watermill turning, he had an insight into the mind essential and composed a gāthā, saying: / 'Turning the great wheel of Dharma, / It is wrapped before the eyes. / Ask further how it is? / Water pushes the stone mill.' / He presented it to Foyan. Foyan said, 'What is the matter within it?' / The Master said, 'The water in the valley stream flows perpetually.' / Foyan said, 'I have a final word, waiting to be entrusted to you.' / The Master immediately covered his ears and walked away. Later he arrived at Mount Lu, where he fasted and sat in pure quietude inside a hollow withered tree at Tong'an. During the Xuanhe era there was a great drought in Xiangtan; prayers brought no response. The Master leaped into the Dragon Pool and shouted, 'Karmic beast, there must be a foot of rain!' Rain followed immediately. Living on the Southern Peak, he often rode a tiger out for excursions; Confucians and Buddhists alike bowed toward the dust he left. After becoming abbot, he ascended the hall: 'When Master Zhang drinks wine, Master Li gets drunk. Thinking it over carefully, it is inconceivable. When Master Li wakes from his drunkenness and questions Master Zhang, it merely makes Master Zhang lose his temper. If he loses his temper, he had better go home and just sleep.' He ascended the hall: 'Today is the middle of the first month. I have a matter to decide for you: by all means avoid having both your eyes swapped away by those lanterns.' He ascended the hall: 'I have a phrase that does not borrow the mouths of the sages, nor move my own tongue; it is not sound or breath, nor is it emotional consciousness or discrimination. Even if Vimalakīrti kept his mouth shut at Vaiśālī, or Śākyamuni closed his room at Magadha, it would be much like plugging one's ears to steal a bell—they could not avoid leaking the heavenly mystery. Even if Deshan struck with his stick the moment one entered the door, or Linji gave a shout the moment one entered the door, if brought under Mu'an's gate and scrutinized, it would amount to only a single peg. A thousand kinds of words, ten thousand manners of speech—all are only to make you rest yourself, letting the great earth and empty space be full of pits and bumps.' A monk asked, 'What is the Buddha?' / The Master said, 'Do not seek outside.' / 'What is mind?' / The Master said, 'Do not search outside.' / 'What is the Way?' / The Master said, 'Do not hunt outside.' / 'What is Chan?' / The Master said, 'Do not transmit outside.' / 'What is it ultimately?' / The Master said, 'In a quiet place, svāhā.' A monk asked, 'The great assembly attends the feast and requests the Master to raise the discourse.' The Master held up his whisk. The monk said, 'I beg the Master to extend an expedient means once more.' The Master struck the meditation seat once. Later he manifested nirvāṇa, and a stūpa was built for him at Xiangyuan Cave. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.29.19) - [Next: 29.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.29.21) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.29.20) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大明高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.5.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.29.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.29.20) · Pramāṇa