續傳燈錄 30.66

30.66

明州雪竇智鑑禪師。滁州吳氏子。兒時母與洗手瘍因曰。是甚麼。對曰。我手似佛手。長失恃怙依真歇於長蘆。大休首眾即器之。後遯象山百怪不能惑深夜開悟。求證於延壽然復見大休。住後上堂。世尊有密語迦葉不覆藏。一夜落花雨滿城流水香。

Chan Master Zhijian of Xuedou in Mingzhou was a son of the Wu family in Chuzhou. When he was a child, his mother washed an ulcer on his hand and asked: 'What is this?' He replied: 'My hand is like a Buddha's hand.' When grown, having lost his parents, he relied upon Zhenxie at Changlu. Daxiu, as head of the assembly, recognized his capacity. Later he secluded himself on Xiangshan; none of the hundred apparitions could delude him, and in the depth of the night he attained awakening. Seeking confirmation from Yanshou Ran, he again visited Daxiu. After becoming abbot, he ascended the hall: 'The Bhagavat had secret words, and Kāśyapa did not conceal them. A night of falling flowers and rain; through the whole city the flowing waters are fragrant.'