續傳燈錄 34.17

34.17

臨安府淨慈混源曇密禪師。天台盧氏子。依資福道榮出家。十六圓具習台教。棄參大慧於徑山。謁雪巢一此庵元。入閩留東西禪無省發之。泉南教忠俾悅眾解職歸前資。偶舉香嚴擊竹因緣。豁然契悟述偈呈忠。忠舉玄沙未徹語詰之無滯。忠曰。子方可見妙喜。即辭往梅楊服勤四載。住後上堂。諸佛出世打劫殺人。祖師西來吹風放火。古今善知識佛口蛇心。天下衲僧自投籠檻。莫有天然氣概特達丈夫。為宗門出一隻手主張佛法者麼。良久曰。設有也須斬為三段。上堂。德山小參不答話。千古叢林成話霸。問話者三十棒。慣能說訶說夯。時有僧出。的能破的。德山便打。風流儒雅。某甲話也未問。頭上著枷脚下著匝。爾是那裏人。一回相見一傷神。新羅人把手笑欣欣。未跨船舷好與三十棒。依前相廝誑混源。今日恁麼批判。責情好與三十棒。且道是賞是罰。具參學眼者試辨看。上堂舉。雲門問僧。光明寂照遍河沙因緣。師曰。平地撈魚鰕。遼天射飛鶚。跛脚老雲門。千錯與萬錯。

Chan Master Hunyuan Tanmi of Jingci in Lin'an Prefecture was a native of Tiantai, from the Lu clan. He left home under Daorong of Zifu. At sixteen he took full ordination and studied Tiantai teachings. Abandoning them, he went to Mount Jing to study under Dahui, and visited Xuechao Yi and Ci'an Yuan. Entering Min, he stayed at East and West Chan, but had no awakening. Jiaozhong at Quannan had him serve as the director of affairs; when his duty ended, he returned to his former status. One day, the nidāna of Xiangyan striking the bamboo was brought up; he was suddenly enlightened and presented a verse to Zhong. Zhong questioned him with Xuansha's saying on 'not having penetrated,' and there was no hesitation. Zhong said: 'Only now can you see Miaoxi.' He then took leave and went to Meiyang to serve diligently for four years. / After becoming abbot, he ascended the hall: "The Buddhas' appearance in the world is robbery and murder; the Patriarch's coming from the West is fanning the wind and setting fires. Kalyāṇamitras of past and present have Buddha mouths and snake hearts; patch-robed monks of the world throw themselves into cages. Is there any person of natural spirit, an extraordinary hero, who will put out a hand for the ancestral lineage and advocate the Buddha Dharma?" After a good while he said: "Even if there were one, he must be cut into three pieces." / He ascended the hall: "Deshan's evening sermon did not answer questions, becoming a legendary tyrant of words in the monasteries for a thousand ages. To those who asked questions: thirty blows of the stick—accustomed to blustering and bossing around. At the time a monk came forward—truly able to strike the mark. Deshan hit him at once—urbane and elegant. 'I have not even asked a question'—a cangue on the head and fetters on the feet. 'Where are you from?'—meeting once, a heartbreak once. 'A man from Silla'—holding hands and smiling cheerfully. 'Before stepping across the gunwale, you should be given thirty blows'—beguiling each other as before. Today Hunyuan judges like this: assessing the situation, he should be given thirty blows. Now tell me: is this a reward or a punishment? Those with the eye of study, try to discern it!" / He ascended the hall and brought up: "Yunmen asked a monk about the nidāna of 'The light silently shines, pervading the sands of the Ganges.'" The master said: "Catching fish and shrimp on dry ground; shooting a flying osprey in the distant sky. Lame old Yunmen: a thousand errors and ten thousand mistakes!"