續傳燈錄 32.9

32.9

福州東禪蒙菴思岳禪師。江州人。上堂。蛾羊蟻子說一切法。牆壁瓦礫現無邊身。見處既精明。聞中必透脫。所以雪峯和尚凡見僧來輥出三箇木毬。如弄雜劇相似。玄沙便作斫牌勢。卑末謾道將來。普賢今日謗古人。千佛出世不通懺悔。這裏有人謗普賢定入拔舌地獄。且道謗與不謗者。是誰心不負人面無慚色。上堂。達磨來時此土皆知梵語。及乎去後西天悉會唐言。若論直指人心見性成佛。大似羚羊挂角獵犬尋蹤。一意乖疎萬言無用。可謂來時他笑我。不知去後我笑他。唐言梵語親分付。自古齋僧怕夜茶。上堂。臘月初歲云徂。黃河凍已合。深處有嘉魚活鱍鱍跳不脫。又不能相煦以濕。相濡以沫。慚愧菩薩摩訶薩。春風幾時來。解此黃河凍。令魚化作龍。直透桃花浪。會即便會。癡人面前且莫說夢。上堂僧問。如何是初日分以恒河沙等身布施。師曰。從苗辨地因語識人。曰如何是中日分復以恒河沙等身布施。師曰。築著磕著。曰如何是後日分亦以恒河沙等身布施。師曰。向下文長付在來日。復曰。一轉語如天普蓋似地普擎。一轉語舌頭不出口。一轉語且喜沒交涉。要會麼。慚愧世尊面赤不如語直。大小岳上座口似磉盤。今日為這問話僧講經不覺和注脚一時說破。便下座。上堂啞却我口直須要道。塞却爾耳切忌蹉過。昨日有人從天台來。却道泗洲大聖在洪州打坐十字街頭賣行貨。是甚麼。斷跟草鞋尖簷席帽。

Chan Master Meng'an Siyue of Dongchan in Fuzhou was a native of Jiangzhou. He ascended the hall: "Moths, sheep, and ants expound all teachings; walls, tiles, and rubble manifest the boundless body. If your seeing is lucid, your hearing will surely be unimpeded. Therefore, whenever Upādhyāya Xuefeng saw a monk coming, he would roll out three wooden balls, just like performing a theatrical play. Xuansha would then make the gesture of chopping a signboard. How trivial to speak of them lightly! Today, Samantabhadra slanders the ancients; though a thousand Buddhas appear in the world, no repentance is permitted. If someone here slanders Samantabhadra, they will definitely enter the Tongue-Pulling Hell. Tell me, the one who slanders and the one who does not slander—who has a mind that does not wrong others and a face without the color of shame?" He ascended the hall: "When Bodhidharma arrived, this land understood Sanskrit; when he departed, the Western Heavens all understood the Tang tongue. If one speaks of directly pointing to the human mind and seeing one's nature to become a Buddha, it is much like an antelope hanging by its horns while the hunting dog searches for its tracks. One thought alienated, ten thousand words are useless. It can be said: 'When coming, he laughed at me; little did he know that after departing, I laugh at him.' Tang speech and Sanskrit words are directly entrusted; since antiquity, when hosting monks, one fears the evening tea." He ascended the hall: "The beginning of the twelfth month, the year draws to an end. The Yellow River has frozen over. In its depths, there is a fine fish, lively and splashing, unable to jump free. Nor can they keep each other moist with their breath, or moisten each other with foam. Thanks be to the bodhisattva mahāsattvas! When will the spring wind arrive to thaw this Yellow River's ice, making the fish transform into a dragon and leap directly through the peach blossom waves? If you understand, then understand right away; do not tell dreams in front of fools." He ascended the hall. A monk asked: "What is it to give one's body as many times as the sands of the Ganges in the morning?" The Master said: "Distinguish the soil from the sprout; recognize the person through their words." The monk asked: "What is it to again give one's body as many times as the sands of the Ganges at midday?" The Master said: "Colliding with it, bumping into it." The monk asked: "What is it to also give one's body as many times as the sands of the Ganges in the evening?" The Master said: "The text that follows is long; it is deferred until tomorrow." He also said: "One turning word covers all like heaven, upholds all like earth. One turning word: the tongue does not come out of the mouth. One turning word: fortunately, it has no relation. Do you want to understand? Thanks to the Bhagavat—a flushed face is not as good as straight speech. Elder Yue, great and small, has a mouth like a pillar-base stone! Today, preaching the sūtra for this questioning monk, without realizing it, the commentary and all were thoroughly exposed at once!" He then stepped down from the seat. He ascended the hall: "Though my mouth is struck dumb, I must speak; though your ears are stopped up, be careful not to let it slip by! Yesterday someone came from Tiantai and said that the Great Sage of Sizhou was sitting in meditation in Hongzhou, selling wares at the crossroads. What were they? Straw sandals with broken heels and a rush hat with pointed eaves."