[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) › 30.72 # 續傳燈錄 30.72 續傳燈錄 30.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [30.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.30.72) 合州釣魚臺石頭自回禪師。本郡人也。世為石工。雖不識字志慕空宗。每求人口授法華能誦之。棄家投大隨供掃洒。寺中令取崖石。師手不釋鎚鑿。而誦經不輟口。隨見而語曰。今日硿磕明日硿磕。死生到來作甚折合。師愕然釋其器設禮。願聞究竟法。因隨至方丈。令且罷誦經看趙州勘婆因緣。師念念不去心。久之因鑿石石稍堅。盡力一鎚瞥見火光忽然省徹。走至方丈禮拜呈頌曰。用盡工夫。渾無巴鼻。火光迸散。元在這裏。隨忻然曰。子徹也。復獻趙州勘婆頌曰。三軍不動旗閃爍。老婆正是魔王脚。趙州無柄鐵掃帚。掃蕩煙塵空索索。隨可之。遂授以僧服。人以其為石工故有回石頭之稱也。上堂。參禪學道。大似井底叫渴相似。殊不知塞耳塞眼回避不及。且如十二時中行住坐臥動轉施為。是甚麼人使依。眼見耳聞何處不是路頭。若識得路頭。便是大解脫路。方知老漢與爾證明。山河大地與爾證明。所以道。十方薄伽梵一路涅槃門。諸仁者。大凡有一物當途要見一物之根源。一物無處要見一物之根源。見得根源源無所源。所源既非何處不圓。諸禪德爾看老漢有甚麼勝爾處。諸人有甚麼不如老漢處。還會麼。太湖三萬六千頃。月在波心說向誰。 > Chan Master Shitouzihui of the Diaoyutai in Hezhou was a native of that prefecture. His family had been stonemasons for generations. Though illiterate, his mind aspired to the school of emptiness. He always sought people to recite the Lotus Sūtra to him orally until he could recite it by heart. Leaving home, he went to Dasui to offer his services in sweeping and cleaning. The monastery ordered him to quarry cliff-stones; the Master never let go of hammer and chisel from his hands, nor did the recitation of the sūtra cease from his mouth. Seeing him, Dasui said: 'Clattering today, clattering tomorrow; when death and birth arrive, how will that settle the score?' The Master was startled, set down his tools, bowed, and said he wished to hear the ultimate Dharma. Thereupon he followed him to the abbot's room. Dasui told him to suspend his recitation of the sūtra for the time being and examine the nidāna of Zhaozhou checking the old woman. The Master kept it in mind without letting it slip. After a long time, while chiseling a stone that was somewhat hard, with all his might he struck a blow with the hammer; catching sight of sparks flying, he was suddenly thoroughly awakened. Running to the abbot's room, he bowed and presented a verse: > 'I exhausted all effort, > With no handle or clue at all. > Sparks burst and scattered: > It was originally right here.' > Dasui said with joy: 'You have penetrated thoroughly!' He further presented a verse on Zhaozhou checking the old woman: > 'The three armies do not move, yet banners flutter; > The old woman is none other than the demon king's henchman. > Zhaozhou's handleless iron broom > Sweeps away the smoke and dust into empty desolation.' > Dasui approved it and then bestowed monastic robes upon him. Because he was a stonemason, people called him "Stone Hui." Ascending the hall: 'To practice Chan and study the Path is very much like shouting of thirst from the bottom of a well. Little do you know that, with ears and eyes stopped up, there is no evading it. And take the twelve hours of the day: walking, standing, sitting, lying down, moving, shifting, functioning, and acting—what person directs this? Seeing with the eyes, hearing with the ears—where is it not the beginning of the path? If you recognize the beginning of the path, that is the great road of liberation. Only then will you know that this old fellow gives you verification, and the mountains, rivers, and great earth give you verification. Therefore it is said: "The Bhagavats of the ten directions share one single road to the gate of nirvāṇa." Worthies, whenever a single thing stands in the way, you must see the root and source of that single thing; where not a single thing exists, you must see the root and source of that single thing. When you see the root and source, the source has nothing to be sourced; since that which is sourced is not \[an entity\], where is it not complete? Worthies, look: where does this old fellow surpass you? Where are you people not equal to this old fellow? Do you understand? Over Lake Tai's thirty-six thousand acres, the moon is in the heart of the waves—to whom can it be told?' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 30.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.30.71) - [Next: 30.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.30.73) - [Up: 30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.30) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.30.72) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [大明高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.19) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.30.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.30.72) · Pramāṇa