續傳燈錄 8.15

8.15

舒州山谷三祖冲會圓智禪師臨安府人也。初開堂日僧問。如何是第一義諦。師曰。百雜碎。曰恁麼則褒禪一會不異靈山。師曰。將糞箕掃帚來。問師登寶座壁立千仞正令當行十方坐斷。未審將何為人。師曰。千鈞之弩。曰大眾承恩。師曰。量才補職。問理雖頓悟事假漸除。除即不問。如何是頓悟底道理。師曰。言中有響。曰便恁麼又且如何。師曰。金毛師子。問生也猶如著衫。死也還同脫袴。未審意旨如何。師曰。譬如閑。曰為甚麼如此。師曰。因行不妨掉臂。問如何是天堂。師曰。太遠在。曰如何是地獄。師曰。放爾不得。曰天堂地獄相去多少。師曰。七零八落。問白雲綻處樓閣門開。善財為甚麼從外而入。師曰。開眼即瞎。曰未審落在甚麼處。師曰。填溝塞壑問如何是不動尊。師曰。寸步千里。

Chan Master Chōnghuì Yuánzhì of Mount Sāngǔ [and the monastery of the] Third Patriarch in Shūzhōu was a native of Lín'ān Prefecture. On the day he first opened the hall, a monk asked, "What is the supreme truth?"
The Master said, "A hundred shattered fragments."
[The monk] said, "If so, then the assembly at Bǎochán is no different from Gṛdhrakūṭa."
The Master said, "Bring the dung basket and broom!"
[A monk] asked, "The Master ascends the jeweled seat, like a thousand-fathom cliff; the true command is put into effect, cutting off the ten directions. May I ask how you act for people's sake?"
The Master said, "A crossbow of a thousand jun."
[The monk] said, "The great assembly receives your benevolence."
The Master said, "Appointing to office according to ability."
[A monk] asked, "'Although the principle is suddenly awakened to, phenomena must be gradually eliminated through expedients.' Not asking about elimination, what is the principle of sudden awakening?"
The Master said, "There is an echo within the words."
[The monk] said, "What then if it is just so?"
The Master said, "A golden-haired lion."
[A monk] asked, "'Being born is like putting on a shirt; dying is like taking off trousers.' May I ask what the intended meaning is?"
The Master said, "It is like leisure."
[The monk] said, "Why is it so?"
The Master said, "Because while walking, swinging one's arms does no harm."
[A monk] asked, "What is heaven?"
The Master said, "Far too distant."
[The monk] asked, "What is hell?"
The Master said, "I cannot let you off."
[The monk] said, "How far apart are heaven and hell?"
The Master said, "Scattered seven ways and eight."
[A monk] asked, "Where the white clouds part, the tower gates open. Why did Sudhana enter from the outside?"
The Master said, "Opening the eyes, one is blind."
[The monk] said, "May I ask where he falls?"
The Master said, "Filling ditches and choking ravines."
[A monk] asked, "Who is the Immovable Honored One?"
The Master said, "An inch of a step is a thousand miles."