續傳燈錄 32.6

32.6

泉州教忠晦菴彌光禪師。閩之李氏子。兒時寡言笑。聞梵唄則喜。十五依幽巖文慧禪師圓頂。猶喜閱群書。一日曰。既剃髮染衣當期悟徹。豈醉於俗典邪。遂出嶺謁圓悟禪師於雲居。次參黃檗祥高菴悟機語皆契。以淮楚盜起歸謁佛心。會大慧寓廣因往從之。慧謂曰。汝在佛心處所得者試舉一二看。師舉佛心上堂拈普化公案曰。佛心即不然。總不恁麼來時如何。劈脊便打。從教遍界分身。慧曰。汝意如何。師曰。某不肯他後頭下箇注脚。慧曰。此正是以病為法。師毅然無信可意。慧曰。汝但揣麼看。師竟以為不然。經旬因記海印信禪師拈曰。雷聲浩大雨點全無。始無滯趨告慧。慧以舉道者見琅邪并玄沙未徹語詰之。師對已。慧笑曰。雖進得一步秖是不著所在。如人斫樹根下一刀則命根斷矣。汝向枝上斫其能斷命根乎。今諸方浩浩說禪者。見處總如此何益於事。其楊岐正傳三四人而已。師慍而去。翌日慧問。汝還疑否。師曰。無可疑者。慧曰。秖如古人相見未開口時已知虛實。或聞其語便識淺深。此理如何。師悚然汗下莫知所詣。慧令究有句無句。慧過雲門菴。師侍行。一日問曰。某到這裏不能得徹。病在甚處。慧曰。汝病最癖世醫拱手。何也別人死了活不得。汝今活了未曾死。要到大安樂田地。須是死一迴始得。師疑情愈深。後入室。慧問。喫粥了也洗鉢盂了也。去却藥忌道將一句來。師曰。裂破。慧震威喝曰。爾又說禪也。師即大悟。慧撾鼓告眾曰。龜毛拈得笑咍咍。一擊萬重關鎖開。慶快平生在今日。孰云千里賺吾來。師亦以頌呈之曰。一拶當機怒雷吼。驚起須彌藏北斗。洪波浩渺浪滔天。拈得鼻孔失却口。住後上堂。有句無句如藤倚樹。放憨作麼。及乎樹倒藤枯句歸何處。情知汝等諸人卒討頭鼻不著。為甚如此。秖為分明極翻令所得遲。上堂。夢幻空花何勞把捉。得失是非一時放却。擲拂子曰。山僧今日已是放下了也。汝等諸人又作麼生。復曰。侍者收取拂子。僧問。文殊為甚麼出女子定不得。師曰。山僧今日困。曰罔明為甚麼却出得。師曰。令人疑著。曰恁麼則擘開華岳千峯秀。放出黃河一派清。師曰。一任卜度。

Chan Master Huian Miguang of Jiaozhong in Quanzhou was a son of the Li family of Min. In childhood he spoke and laughed little, but was delighted upon hearing Buddhist chanting. At fifteen, he shaved his head under Chan Master Wenhui of Youyan. He was still fond of perusing diverse books. One day he said, "Having shaved my head and dyed my robes, I ought to resolve upon thorough awakening. How could I remain intoxicated by worldly texts?" He then crossed the mountain ranges to call upon Chan Master Yuanwu at Yunju. Next he visited Huangbo Xiang and Gao'an Wu; his functional encounters with both were fully in accord. Because bandits arose in the Huai and Chu regions, he returned and called upon Foxin. When Dahui was residing in Guangxi, he went there to follow him. Dahui said to him, "Try to cite one or two things you attained at Foxin's place and let me see." The Master brought up Foxin ascending the hall and taking up the gong'an of Puhua, saying, "Foxin says it is not so: when one does not come in such a manner at all, what then? Cleaving right across the back, strike immediately! Let him divide his body across the entire realm!" Dahui said, "What was your understanding?" The Master said, "I did not approve of him appending a footnote to it at the end." Dahui said, "This is precisely taking an affliction as the Dharma." The Master was resolute and had no intention of accepting this. Dahui said, "Just try to conjecture it and see." The Master still took it to be not so. A decade of days later, recalling how Chan Master Haiyin Xin took it up, saying, 'The roar of thunder is vast and great, but not a single drop of rain falls,' his blockage began to dissolve and he hurried to tell Dahui. Dahui interrogated him using the words about Practitioner Ju seeing Langye and Xuansha's lack of thoroughness. After the Master replied, Dahui smiled and said, "Although you have taken a step forward, you still have not hit the mark. It is like a person cutting down a tree: a single stroke of the blade at the root severs its life-root. If you chop at the branches, can that sever its life-root? Nowadays, those in all quarters who expound Chan so profusely all have views like this—what benefit is there in that? There are only three or four who truly transmit Yangqi!" The Master left in resentment. The next day, Dahui asked, "Do you still have doubts?" The Master said, "There is nothing to doubt." Dahui said, "Just as when the ancients met, before opening their mouths they already knew the real and the false, or upon hearing a word they immediately recognized depth and shallowness—what principle is this?" The Master was terrified, sweat poured down, and he did not know where to turn. Dahui instructed him to investigate 'being with words, being without words'. Dahui passed by Yunmen Hermitage, and the Master accompanied him as attendant. One day he asked, "I have arrived here but cannot achieve thorough penetration. Where does the sickness lie?" Dahui said, "Your sickness is the most peculiar; worldly physicians would fold their hands in resignation. Why? Others die and cannot be revived; you have now revived without ever having died. If you wish to reach the realm of great peace and bliss, you must die once over before you can attain it." The Master's doubt deepened further. Later he entered the room. Dahui asked, "Having finished eating your gruel and washed your alms bowl, leave aside the dietary taboos and bring forth a phrase!" The Master said, "Ripped to shreds!" Dahui shook with majesty, gave a shout, and said, "You are talking Chan again!" The Master thereupon had a great awakening. Dahui struck the drum and announced to the assembly: / "Picking up a turtle's hair, laughing ha-ha, / With one strike, ten thousand layers of barriers and locks are thrown open! / The joy of my entire life is right today; / Who says I was tricked into coming a thousand li?" / The Master also presented a verse to him, saying: / "With a single press on the pivot, the angry thunder roars; / Startling Mount Sumeru into hiding the Northern Dipper. / The vast flood surges wide, waves crashing to heaven; / Grasping the nostrils, the mouth is lost!" / After assuming the abbacy, he ascended the hall: "'Being with words and being without words are like a vine clinging to a tree.' What are you playing dumb for? When the tree falls and the vine withers, where do the words return? I know full well that none of you can find a head or nose at all. Why is it like this? Just because it is exceedingly clear, it turns out to delay your attainment." Ascending the hall: "Dreams, illusions, empty flowers—why labor to grasp them? Gain and loss, right and wrong—let go of them all at once!" Throwing down his whisk, he said, "Today the mountain monk has already let go. What about all of you?" He added, "Attendant, pick up the whisk." A monk asked, "Why was Mañjuśrī unable to bring the woman out of samādhi?" The Master said, "The mountain monk is tired today." The monk said, "Why was Wangming able to bring her out?" The Master said, "It makes people doubtful." The monk said, "If so, then splitting open Mount Hua, a thousand peaks show their beauty; letting loose the Yellow River, a single stream runs clear." The Master said, "Feel free to calculate and speculate."