續傳燈錄 29.29

29.29

給事馮楫濟川居士。自壯扣諸名宿。最後居龍門。從佛眼遠禪師再歲。一日同遠經行法堂。偶童子趨庭吟曰。萬象之中獨露身。遠拊公背曰。好聻。公於是契入。紹興丁巳除給事。會大慧禪師就明慶開堂。慧下座公挽之曰。和尚每言於士大夫前曰。此生決不作這蟲豸。今日因甚却納敗缺。慧曰。盡大地是箇杲上座。爾向甚處見他。公擬對。慧便掌。公曰。是我招得。越月特丐祠坐夏。徑山榜其室曰不動軒。一日慧昇座舉。藥山問石頭曰。三乘十二分教某甲粗知。承聞南方直指人心見性成佛實未明了。伏望慈悲示誨。頭曰。恁麼也不得。不恁麼也不得。恁麼不恁麼總不得。爾作麼生。山罔措。頭曰。子緣不在此。可往見江西馬大師去。山至馬祖處亦如前問。祖曰。有時教伊揚眉瞬目。有時不教伊揚眉瞬目。有時教伊揚眉瞬目者是。有時教伊揚眉瞬目者不是。山大悟。慧拈罷。公隨至方丈曰。適來和尚所舉底因緣某理會得了。慧曰。爾如何會。公曰恁麼也不得蘇盧娑婆訶。不恁麼也不得悉利娑婆訶。恁麼不恁麼總不得蘇盧悉利娑婆訶。慧印之以偈曰。梵語唐言。打成一塊。咄哉俗人。得此三昧。公後知邛州。所至宴晦無倦。嘗自詠曰。公事之餘喜坐禪。少會將脇到床眠。雖然現出宰官相。長老之名四海傳。至二十三年秋乞休致。預報親知期以十月三日報終。至日令後廳置高座。見客如平時。至辰已間降堦。望闕肅拜。請漕使攝卭事。著僧衣履踞高座。囑諸官吏及道俗。各宜向道扶持教門建立法幢。遂拈拄杖按膝蛻然而化。漕使請曰。安撫去住如此自由。何不留一頌以表罕聞。公張目索筆書曰。初三十一。中九下七。老人言盡。龜哥眼赤。竟爾長往。建炎後名山巨剎教藏多不存。公累以己俸印施。凡一百二十八藏。用祝君壽以康兆民。門人蒲大聘嘗誌其事。有語錄頌古行於世。

The Supervising Secretary, Upāsaka Feng Ji, [styled] Jichuan, had visited eminent masters since his youth. In the end, he resided at Longmen, following Chan Master Foyan Yuan for two years. One day, while walking in the Dharma hall together with Yuan, a boy servant happened to hurry across the courtyard, chanting: "In the midst of myriad phenomena, the body alone is revealed." Yuan patted his back and said, "How fine!" The upāsaka had an accord and entered at this. In the dingsi year of the Shaoxing reign era, he was appointed Supervising Secretary. It happened that Chan Master Dahui opened the hall at Mingqing. When Dahui stepped down from the seat, the upāsaka held him back and said, "You, Upādhyāya, always said in front of scholar-officials, 'In this life, I will never become this kind of bug.' Why then have you suffered defeat today?" Dahui said, "The whole great earth is this Senior Monk Gao; where do you see him?" The upāsaka was about to reply when Dahui gave him a slap. The upāsaka said, "I brought this upon myself." After a month, he specifically requested a temple appointment to sit for the summer retreat. Jingshan inscribed a plaque for his room reading 'The Porch of Immovability'. One day, Dahui ascended the seat and brought up: "Yaoshan asked Shitou, 'I roughly understand the three vehicles and twelve divisions of teachings. I have heard that in the south they directly point to the human mind, seeing one's nature and becoming a Buddha, but I am truly not yet clear about it. I humbly hope that in your compassion you will instruct me.' Shitou said, 'Being so will not do; not being so will not do; being so and not being so both will not do. What about you?' Yaoshan was at a loss. Shitou said, 'Your affinity is not here; you may go see Great Master Ma in Jiangxi.' When Yaoshan reached Mazu's place, he asked as before. The Patriarch said, 'Sometimes I make him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes; sometimes I do not make him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes. Sometimes making him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes is right; sometimes making him raise his eyebrows and blink his eyes is not right.' Yaoshan had a great awakening." After Dahui finished his citation, the upāsaka followed him into the abbot's room and said, "Just now I came to understand the nidāna that you, Upādhyāya, brought up." Dahui said, "How do you understand it?" The upāsaka said, "'Being so will not do'—sulu suopohe! 'Not being so will not do'—xili suopohe! 'Being so and not being so both will not do'—sulu xili suopohe!" Dahui sealed his realization with a verse: / "Sanskrit phrases and Tang words / are hammered into one piece. / Tut, tut! A layman / has attained this samādhi." / Later, the upāsaka became the governor of Qiongzhou. Wherever he went, his quiet dwelling and banqueting knew no weariness. He once chanted of himself: / "In the leisure from official affairs, I delight in sitting in meditation; / rarely do I turn my side to the bed to sleep. / Although I manifest the appearance of a governing official, / my name as an elder spreads throughout the four seas." / In the autumn of the twenty-third year, he begged to retire. He announced beforehand to his relatives and acquaintances that he would meet his end on the third day of the tenth month. When the day came, he ordered a high seat to be placed in the rear hall, and received guests as usual. Between the hours of chen and si, he descended the steps, bowed reverently toward the imperial palace, and asked the Fiscal Commissioner to take temporary charge of Qiongzhou's affairs. He donned monk's robes and shoes, sat cross-legged upon the high seat, and enjoined all the officials and the monastics and laypeople: "You should each direct yourselves to the Way, support and maintain the teachings, and establish the Dharma banner." He then took his staff, pressed it against his knees, and cast off [the mortal coil] and passed away. The Fiscal Commissioner requested, saying, "Pacification Commissioner, since your leaving and staying is so free, why not leave a verse to mark this rare occurrence?" The upāsaka opened his eyes, asked for a brush, and wrote: / "Early on, thirty-one; / in the middle, nine; below, seven. / The old man's words are exhausted; / the brother tortoise's eyes are red." / Thereupon he departed forever. After the Jianyan reign era, the teachings stored in the Tripitakas of famous mountains and great monasteries were mostly lost. Time and again, the upāsaka used his own salary to print and distribute them, amounting to a total of one hundred and twenty-eight Tripitakas, to wish long life for the sovereign and peace and health for the millions of people. His disciple Pu Daping once recorded this matter. His recorded sayings and verses on ancient precedents circulate in the world.