續傳燈錄 33.46

33.46

高麗國坦然國師。少嗣王位欽嚮宗乘。因海商方景仁抵四明。錄無示語歸。師閱之啟悟。即棄位圓顱。作書以語要及四威儀偈令景仁呈無示。示答曰。佛祖出興於世。無一法與人。實使其自信自悟自證自到具大知見。如所見而說。如所說而行。山河大地草木叢林相與證明其來久矣。後復通嗣法。其書略曰。生死海廣劫殫周通。得遇本分宗師。以三要印子驗定其法。實謂盲龜值浮木孔耳。

National Preceptor Tangong of Goryeo in his youth succeeded to the royal throne and revered the Chan lineage. When the sea merchant Fang Jingren arrived in Siming, he transcribed the sayings of Wushi and returned. The Master read them and was awakened; he immediately renounced the throne and shaved his head. He wrote a letter with the essentials of his words and verses on the four postures, sending Jingren to present them to Wushi. Wushi replied: “The Buddhas and Patriarchs appeared in the world without a single dharma to give to people; they truly enabled them to have self-confidence, self-awakening, self-realization, and self-attainment, possessing the great vision and knowledge—speaking as seen, and acting as spoken. The mountains, rivers, the great earth, grasses, trees, and forests have mutually witnessed this for a long time.” Later he again communicated his succession to the Dharma; his letter stated in brief: “In the ocean of birth and death for extensive kalpas, fully permeating through, I was able to meet a lineage master of true standing, who verified the Dharma with the seal of the three essentials; it is truly called a blind turtle meeting the hole in a floating log.”