續傳燈錄 5.12

5.12

婺州承天惟簡禪師。僧問。佛與眾生是一是二。師曰。花開滿樹紅。花落萬枝空。曰畢竟是一是二。師曰。唯餘一朵在。明日恐隨風。問如何是吹毛劍。師曰。星多不當月。曰用者如何。師曰落。曰落後如何。師曰。觀世音菩薩。問如何是和尚家風。師曰。理長即就。曰如何領會。師曰。繪雉不成雞。問開口即失閉口即喪。未審如何說。師曰。舌頭無骨。僧曰。不會。師曰。對牛彈琴。上堂。夫遮那之境界眾妙之玄門。知識說之而莫窮。善財酌之而不竭。文殊體之而寂寂。普賢證之以重重。若也隨其法性。如雲收碧漢本無一物。若也隨其智用。如華開春谷應用無邊。雖說遍恒沙乃同遵一道。且問諸人。作麼生是一道。良久曰。白雲斷處見明月。黃葉落時聞擣衣。參。上堂。莫離蓋纏。莫求佛祖。去此二途以何依怙。江淹夢筆天龍見虎。古老相傳月不跨五。參。上堂。一刀兩段埋沒宗風。師子翻身拕泥帶水。直饒坐斷十方不通凡聖。脚跟下好與三十。

Chan Master Weijian of Chengtian in Wuzhou. A monk asked, "Are the Buddhas and sentient beings one or two?" The Master said, "When blossoms open, the entire tree is red; when blossoms fall, ten thousand branches are bare." The monk said, "Ultimately, are they one or two?" The Master said, "Only a single blossom remains; tomorrow I fear it will follow the wind." He asked, "What is the hair-severing sword?" The Master said, "Many stars cannot match the moon." The monk said, "What of the one who wields it?" The Master said, "Fallen." The monk said, "What after it has fallen?" The Master said, "Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva." He asked, "What is the Upādhyāya's house style?" The Master said, "When the principle is sound, one simply follows it." The monk said, "How is one to understand this?" The Master said, "Drawing a pheasant does not make a chicken." He asked, "Opening the mouth is an immediate error; closing the mouth is immediate ruin. How should one speak?" The Master said, "The tongue has no bone." The monk said, "I do not understand." The Master said, "Playing the zither to an ox." Ascending the hall: "Now, the realm of Vairocana is the mysterious gate of all wonders. The kalyāṇamitra speaks of it without exhausting it; Sudhana draws from it without depleting it; Mañjuśrī embodies it in silence; Samantabhadra realizes it in layer upon layer. If one accords with its Dharma-nature, it is like clouds dispersing from the azure sky, fundamentally not a single thing. If one accords with its functional wisdom, it is like flowers blossoming in a spring valley, its functions boundless. Although said to pervade sands of the Ganges, all equally follow the single way. Now I ask all of you: What is the single way?" After a long pause, he said, "Where the white clouds part, the bright moon is seen; when yellow leaves fall, the beating of clothes is heard. Attend!" Ascending the hall: "Do not abandon hindrances and bonds; do not seek Buddhas and patriarchs. Abandoning these two paths, upon what will you rely? Jiang Yan dreamed of a brush; Tianlong saw a tiger. As the ancients passed down: the moon does not cross five. Attend!" Ascending the hall: "Cutting in two with a single blade buries the lineage style; the lion rolling over is covered in mud and dripping with water. Even if you sit cutting off the ten directions, barring both common and sage, right beneath your heels you deserve thirty blows."