續傳燈錄 7.21

7.21

靈隱德章禪師。初住大相國寺西經藏院。慶曆八年九月一日　仁宗皇帝詔師於延春閣下齋。宣普照大師問。如何是當機一句。師曰。一言逈出青霄外。萬仞峯前嶮處行。曰作麼生是嶮處行。師便喝。曰皇帝面前何得如此。師曰。也不得放過。明年又宣入內齋。復宣普照問。如何是奪人不奪境。師曰。雷驚細草萌芽發。高山進步莫遲遲。曰如何是奪境不奪人。師曰。戴角披毛異來往任縱橫。曰如何是人境兩俱奪。師曰。出門天外迴流光影不真。曰如何是人境俱不奪。師曰。寒林無宿客大海聽龍吟。後再宣入化城殿齋。宣守賢問。齋筵大啟如何報答聖君。師曰。空中求鳥迹。曰意旨如何。師曰。水內覓魚蹤。師進心珠歌曰。心如意心如意。任運隨緣不相離。但知莫向外邊求。外邊求終不是。枉用工夫隱真理。識心珠光耀日。祕藏深密無形質。拈來掌內眾人驚。二乘精進爭能測。碧眼胡須指出。臨機妙用何曾失。尋常切忌與人。看大地山河動岌岌。師皇祐二年乞歸山林養老。御批杭州靈隱寺住持。賜號明覺。

Chan Master Dezhang of Lingyin first resided at the West Sūtra Canon Cloister of Great Xiangguo Temple. On the first day of the ninth month in the eighth year of Qingli, Emperor Renzong summoned the Master to take a meal below Yanchun Pavilion, and ordered Master Puzhao to ask, "What is the phrase appropriate to the occasion?"
The Master said, "A single word goes far beyond the azure skies; walking on a precarious place before a tenthousand-fathom peak."
He asked, "What is walking on a precarious place?"
The Master gave a shout. He asked, "How can you do this before the Emperor?"
The Master said, "Neither can it be let pass."

The next year, he was summoned again into the palace for a meal. Puzhao was ordered again to ask, "What is snatching away the person but not snatching away the environment?"
The Master said, "Thunder startles the fine grasses, their sprouts emerging; taking steps up the high mountain, do not delay."
He asked, "What is snatching away the environment but not snatching away the person?"
The Master said, "Wearing horns and clad in fur, different in form; coming and going, free to range at will."
He asked, "What is snatching away both person and environment?"
The Master said, "Going out the gate beyond heaven, turning back; the flowing light and shadows are not real."
He asked, "What is snatching away neither person nor environment?"
The Master said, "In the cold forest there are no lodging guests; by the great sea one listens to the dragon's chant."

Later, he was summoned again to a meal in the Huacheng Hall. Shouxian was ordered to ask, "The feast of the vegetarian banquet is grandly opened; how will you repay the Sage Sovereign?"
The Master said, "Seeking bird tracks in the empty sky."
He asked, "What is the intention?"
The Master said, "Looking for fish traces in the water."

The Master presented the 'Song of the Mind-Jewel':
"Mind as you wish, mind as you wish;
Acting spontaneously according with conditions, never separated.
Only know not to seek outwardly;
Seeking outwardly in the end is not it,
Vainly expending effort and obscuring the true reality.
Know the mind-jewel—its light outshines the sun;
Secretly treasury, deep and concealed, without form or substance.
Brought forth in the palm, the crowd is astonished;
How could the vigor of the Two Vehicles ever fathom it?
The blue-eyed barbarian pointed it out directly;
How was the wondrous function in meeting the occasion ever lost?
In ordinary times, be strictly cautious about showing it to people;
Look, the great earth, mountains, and rivers shake and tremble!"

In the second year of Huangyou, the Master petitioned to return to the mountain forests to care for his old age. By imperial decree he was appointed abbot of Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and was bestowed the title Mingjue.