續傳燈錄 3.12

3.12

安吉州天聖皓泰禪師。河東人。到琅邪。邪問。埋兵掉鬪未是作家。匹馬單鎗便請相見。師指邪曰。將頭不猛帶累三軍。邪打師一坐具。師亦打邪一坐具。邪接住曰適來一坐具。是山僧令行。上座一坐具。落在甚麼處。師曰。伏惟尚饗。邪拓開曰。五更侵早起。更有夜行人。師曰。賊過後張弓。邪曰。且坐喫茶。住後僧問。如何是佛。師曰。黑漆聖僧。曰如何是佛法大意。師曰。看牆似土色。

Chan Master Haotai of Tiansheng in Anji Prefecture was a man from Hedong. He arrived at Langye. Langye asked, "Ambushes and skirmishes do not make an adept. On a single horse with a single spear, please step forth and meet me." The Master pointed at Langye and said, "When the commander is not fierce, he brings trouble to the three armies." Langye struck the Master once with his sitting cloth; the Master also struck Langye once with his sitting cloth. Langye grabbed hold of it and said, "Just now, this one blow with the sitting cloth was this mountain monk putting an order into effect. Where does the elder monk's blow with the sitting cloth land?" The Master said, "I prostrate and offer the sacrifice." Langye pushed him away and said, "Rising at the fifth watch early at dawn, there are still travelers in the night." The Master said, "Drawing the bow after the thief has passed." Langye said, "Sit for a while and drink tea." After becoming abbot, a monk asked, "What is Buddha?" The Master said, "The black-lacquered Holy Monk." The monk asked, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" The Master said, "Looking at the wall, it resembles the color of earth."