續傳燈錄 36.17

36.17

杭州靈隱悅堂誾禪師。南康周氏子。宋端平元年八月一日生。年十三稟父母。依同郡嘉瑞寺出家。禮偃一人為師薙落受具。一日閱華嚴經。至惟一堅密身一切塵中現。忽有省。即往見別山智公於蔣山。智問。近離何處。師云。江西。智云。馬大師安樂否。師叉手進云。起居和尚。智命侍香。未幾至杭見斷橋倫公於淨慈。倫問。臨濟三遭黃檗痛棒是否。師云是。又問。因甚大愚肋下築三拳。師云。得人一牛還人一馬。倫頷之。倫逝而柏山介石適來補其處。一日室中舉柏樹子話。師擬議。石抗聲云。何不道黃鶴樓前鸚鵡洲。師於言下頓悟。即令侍香。久之歸廬山東岩。日公住圓通延師分座。九江守錢真孫聘師出世西林為介石嗣。至元二十五年遷開先。又選東林。元貞初奉詔赴闕入對稱旨。賜璽書號通慧禪師并金襴法衣。大德九年陞住靈隱。嘗勘一僧云。微塵諸佛在爾舌上。三藏聖教在爾脚底。何不瞥地。僧罔措。師便喝。又勘一僧云。釋迦彌勒是他奴他是阿誰。僧擬對。師便打。一僧新到。師問。何處來。僧云。閩中。師云。彼處佛法如何住持。僧云。饑即喫飯困即打睡。師云錯。僧云。未審和尚此間如何住持。師拂袖歸方丈。僧休去。居四歲而逝。訣眾偈曰。緣會而來。緣散而去。撞倒須彌。虛空獨露。世壽七十五。僧臘五十二。

Chan Master Yuetang Yin of Lingyin in Hangzhou was a son of the Zhou clan of Nankang. He was born on the first day of the eighth month in the first year of Duanping under the Song [1234]. At age thirteen, with his parents' permission, he left household life at Jiarui Temple in the same commandery. He took Yanyi as his teacher, had his head shaved, and received the full ordination. One day, while reading the Avataṃsaka Sūtra, he reached the passage: 'Only the single firm and dense body manifests in all dust-particles,' and suddenly had an awakening. He immediately went to see Bieshan Zhi at Mount Jiang. Zhi asked, 'Where have you come from recently?' The Master said, 'Jiangxi.' Zhi said, 'Is Great Master Ma at peace and well?' The Master folded his hands, stepped forward, and said, 'Greetings, Upādhyāya.' Zhi ordered him to serve as incense attendant. Before long, he reached Hangzhou and saw Duanqiao Lun at Jingci. Lun asked, 'Did Linji receive Huangbo's painful blows of the stick three times or not?' The Master said, 'He did.' He asked again, 'Why did he plant three fists under Dayu's ribs?' The Master said, 'Receiving an ox from someone, one repays them with a horse.' Lun nodded. Lun passed away, and Jieshi of Baishan just happened to come to fill his place. One day in the room, Jieshi raised the topic of the cypress tree. The Master hesitated; Jieshi said in a raised voice, 'Why not say: Before the Yellow Crane Tower lies Parrot Island?' At these words, the Master had a sudden awakening. Jieshi immediately ordered him to serve as incense attendant. After a long while, he returned to Dongyan on Mount Lu. When Master Ri resided at Yuantong, he invited the Master to share the seat. Qian Zhenxun, the governor of Jiujiang, invited the Master to begin his public teaching at Xilin as Jieshi's Dharma heir. In the twenty-fifth year of Zhiyuan [1288], he moved to Kaixian, and was also selected for Donglin. At the beginning of Yuanzhen, he went to the palace by imperial summons, and his responses pleased the emperor. He was granted an imperial decree with the title Chan Master Tonghui ('Pervasive Wisdom') along with a gold-brocade Dharma robe. In the ninth year of Dade [1305], he was promoted to reside at Lingyin. He once examined a monk, saying, 'The Buddhas as numerous as fine dust are on your tongue; the sacred teachings of the Tripiṭaka are under your feet. Why do you not see it in a flash?' The monk was at a loss; the Master gave a shout. He also examined another monk, saying, 'Śākyamuni and Maitreya are his servants; who is he?' The monk prepared to answer; the Master struck him. A monk newly arrived; the Master asked, 'Where have you come from?' The monk said, 'Minzhong.' The Master said, 'How is the Buddha Dharma maintained there?' The monk said, 'When hungry, one eats; when tired, one sleeps.' The Master said, 'Wrong.' The monk said, 'I wonder, how does the Upādhyāya maintain it here?' The Master flicked his sleeves and returned to the abbot's quarters. The monk let the matter rest. After four years, he passed away. His verse bidding farewell to the assembly said: 'Coming as conditions gather, / Leaving as conditions disperse. / Sumeru is knocked down, / Empty space stands alone and exposed.' His worldly age was seventy-five; his monk's age was fifty-two.