續傳燈錄 4.20

4.20

東京華嚴道隆禪師。初參石門徹和尚。問曰。古者道。但得隨處安閑。自然合他古轍。雖有此語疑心未歇時如何。門曰。知有乃可隨處安閑。如人在州縣住。或聞或見千奇百怪。他總將作尋常。不知有而安閑。如人在村落住。有少聲色則驚怪傳說。師於言下有省。門盡授其洞上厥旨。後為廣慧嗣。一日福嚴承和尚。問曰。禪師親見石門。如何却嗣廣慧。師曰。我見廣慧。渠欲剃髮使我擎凳子來。慧曰。道者我有凳子詩聽取。乃曰放下便平穩。我時便肯伊。因敘在石門處所得。廣慧曰。石門所示如百味珍羞。秖是飽人不得。師至和初游京客景德寺。日縱觀都市歸常二鼓。一夕不得入。臥於門之下。仁宗皇帝夢至寺門見龍蟠地。驚覺中夜遣中使視之。覩師熟睡鼻鼾。撼之驚矍問名歸奏。帝聞名道隆乃喜曰。吉徵也。明日召至便殿問宗旨。師奏對詳允。帝大悅。後以偈句相酬唱絡繹於道。或入對留宿禁中禮遇特厚。賜號應制明悟禪師。皇祐間詔大覺璉禪師。於化成殿演法。召師問話。機鋒迅捷。帝大悅侍衛皆山呼。師即奏疏舉璉自代。禁林待問祕殿談禪。乞歸廬山。帝覽表不允。有旨於曹門外建精舍延師。賜號華嚴禪院。開堂僧問。如何是道。師曰。高高低低。曰如何是道中人。師曰。脚瘦草鞋寬。師年八十餘示寂於盛暑。安坐七日手足柔和。全身塔于寺之東。

Chan Master Daolong of Huayan in the Eastern Capital. He first visited Upādhyāya Che of Shimen and asked, 'An ancient said, "Just attain being peaceful and at leisure everywhere, and you will naturally accord with their ancient tracks." Although these words exist, what should one do when the mind of doubt has not yet ceased?' / Shimen said, 'Only by knowing that it exists can one be peaceful and at leisure everywhere. It is like a person living in a prefecture or county seat: whether hearing or seeing thousands of strange and bizarre things, he regards them all as ordinary. Being peaceful and at leisure without knowing that it exists is like a person living in a village: at the slightest sound or sight, he is alarmed and passes the tale along.' / Under these words, the master had an awakening. Shimen imparted to him all the purports of Dongshan. Later, he became the heir to Guanghui. One day Upādhyāya Cheng of Fuyan asked, 'Chan Master, you personally met Shimen; why then do you succeed Guanghui?' / The master said, 'When I met Guanghui, he was about to shave his head and told me to bring a stool. Guanghui said, "Practitioner of the Way, I have a poem on the stool; listen to it." He then said, "Put it down, and it is at once stable and level." At that moment, I approved of him.' He then recounted what he had attained at Shimen's place. Guanghui said, 'What Shimen showed is like the hundred delicacies, but it cannot satisfy a hungry person.' At the beginning of the Zhihe era, the master traveled to the capital as a guest at Jingde Temple. Daily he took his leisure viewing the metropolis, usually returning at the second drum. One evening, unable to enter, he lay down under the gate. Emperor Renzong dreamt that he went to the temple gate and saw a dragon coiled on the ground. Waking with a start, he dispatched a palace envoy in the middle of the night to inspect it. They saw the master fast asleep and snoring. Shaking him, the master awoke with a start. They asked his name and returned to memorialize the throne. Hearing the name Daolong ('The Way Flourishes'), the emperor was pleased and said, 'It is an auspicious sign!' The next day, [the emperor] summoned him to the side hall and inquired about the lineage tenets. The master's replies were detailed and fitting. The emperor was greatly pleased. Thereafter, verse lines were exchanged between them continuously along the road. At times he entered for audience and was kept overnight within the palace, receiving exceptionally generous courtesies. He was granted the title Chan Master Yingzhi Mingwu ('Imperial-Commissioned Clear Awakening'). During the Huangyou era, an imperial decree summoned Chan Master Dajue Lian to expound the Dharma in the Huacheng Palace. The master was summoned to ask questions. His critical words were swift and sharp. The emperor was greatly pleased, and the attendants and guards all shouted 'Ten thousand years!' The master then submitted a memorial recommending Lian in his stead, to await inquiries in the Hanlin Academy and discuss Chan in the secret palace halls, begging to return to Mount Lu. The emperor examined the memorial and did not consent. An imperial edict was issued to build a sanctuary outside the Cao Gate to lodge the master, conferring the name Huayan Chan Cloister. When opening the hall, a monk asked, 'What is the Way?' / The master said, 'High, high; low, low.' / [The monk] asked, 'What is the person within the Way?' / The master said, 'Feet are thin, straw sandals are wide.' / When the master was over eighty years of age, he entered quiescence in the height of summer. He sat peacefully for seven days, his hands and feet remaining soft and supple. His whole body was stupaed to the east of the temple.