續傳燈錄 6.10

6.10

襄州白馬歸喜禪師。初問大陽。學人蒙昧乞指箇入路。陽曰得。良久乃召師。師應諾。陽曰。與爾箇入路。師於言下有省。住後僧問。如何是佛法大意。師曰。善犬帶牌。問如龜藏六時如何。師曰。布袋裏弓箭。問不著佛求不著法求當於何求。師曰。村人跪拜石師子。曰意旨如何。師曰。社樹下設齋。上堂。急走即蹉過。慢行趁不上。沒量大衲僧無計奈何。有多口饒舌底出來。僧問。一句即不問如何是半句。師曰。投身擲下。曰這箇是一句也。師曰。半句也摸不著。問如何閴寂之門。師曰。莫鬧莫鬧。

Chan Master Guixi of Baima in Xiangzhou first asked Dayang, 'This student is ignorant; I beg for an entry path to be pointed out.' Dayang said, 'Alright.' After a good while, he called the Master. The Master responded. Dayang said, 'I have given you an entry path.' The Master had an awakening upon these words.

After taking up residence, a monk asked, 'What is the great meaning of the Buddhadharma?' The Master said, 'A fine dog wearing a license.'

The monk asked, 'How is it when, like a turtle, one conceals the six?' The Master said, 'Bows and arrows inside a cloth sack.'

The monk asked, 'Not seeking from the Buddha, not seeking from the Dharma, where should one seek?' The Master said, 'Villagers kneeling and bowing to a stone lion.' The monk asked, 'What is the meaning?' The Master said, 'Setting out a vegetarian feast under the village shrine tree.'

He ascended the hall: 'Running swiftly, one misses it; walking slowly, one cannot catch up. A patch-robed monk of immeasurable capacity is utterly helpless. Let someone with a big mouth and a glib tongue step forward.'

A monk asked, 'I do not ask about the whole sentence; what is half a sentence?' The Master said, 'Throwing the body down.' The monk said, 'This is a whole sentence.' The Master said, 'You cannot even grope half a sentence.'

The monk asked, 'What is the gate of silence and solitude?' The Master said, 'No clamor! No clamor!'