續傳燈錄 35.35

35.35

杭州徑山藏叟禪師名善珍。泉南安縣呂氏子。年十十三依郡之崇福寺南和尚出家落𩭄。十六遊方至杭受具足戒。謁妙峯善公于靈隱入室悟旨。後出世住里之光孝升承天。繼遷安吉之思溪圓覺福之雪峯。復以朝命移四明之育王臨安之徑山。師示眾云。古者道。知之一字眾妙之門。又有道知之一字眾禍之門。只者二門入得更須出得。三世諸佛出不得。六代祖師出不得。天下老和尚出不得。何故變鐵成金易。變金成鐵難。又據室云。這裏是問訊燒香了。來老僧身邊立地底所在麼。呆子爾自鈍置猶可。莫來鈍置來僧嘗自題其像云。參禪無悟識字有數。眼三角似燕山愁胡。面百摺如趙婆呷醋。一著高出諸方。敢道飯是米做。師生於宋紹興甲寅十月十二日。示寂於丁丑五月二十一日。壽八十三。塔全身于徑山南塔院云。

Chan Master Cangsou of Jingshan in Hangzhou was named Shanzhen. He was a son of the Lü family of Nan'an County in Quanzhou. At the age of thirteen, he took Upādhyāya Nan of Chongfu Temple in his commandery as his master, left home, and had his head shaved. At sixteen, he traveled on pilgrimage, reached Hangzhou, and took the full ordination. He visited Master Miaofeng Shan at Lingyin, entered his room, and awakened to the lineage tenets. Later, he became abbot at Guangxiao in his native place and ascended the seat at Chengtian. Successively he moved to Yuanjue on Sixi in Anji, and Xuefeng in Fuzhou. Furthermore, by imperial order he was transferred to Yuwang in Siming and Jingshan in Lin'an. The Master instructed the assembly, saying: 'The ancients said: the single character "knowing" is the gate of myriad wonders. Others also said: the single character "knowing" is the gate of myriad calamities. Regarding these two gates, once you can enter, you must also be able to exit. The Buddhas of the three periods cannot exit; the patriarchs of the six generations cannot exit; the old upādhyāyas under heaven cannot exit. Why? Transforming iron into gold is easy; transforming gold into iron is difficult.' Again, sitting in his room, he said, 'Is this a place where, after making inquiries and burning incense, one comes to stand beside this old monk? Fool! Disgracing yourself is one thing; do not come to disgrace an incoming monk.' He once inscribed his own portrait: 'Practicing Chan without awakening, knowing only a few characters. / Triangular eyes like a sorrowful barbarian of Yanshan; / A face with a hundred wrinkles like Dame Zhao sipping vinegar. / A single move surpasses all directions; / I dare say rice is made from grain.' The Master was born on the twelfth day of the tenth month in the jiayin year of the Shaoxing era of the Song, and passed into silence on the twenty-first day of the fifth month in the dingchou year. His age was eighty-three. His complete body was entombed in the South Stupa Yard of Jingshan.