嶽麓海禪師法嗣

Dharma heirs of Chan Master Hai of Yuelu.

荊門軍玉泉思達禪師

Chan Master Sida of Yuquan in Jingmen Army.

僧問。如何是一印印空。師曰。萬象收歸古鑑中。曰。如何是一印印水。師曰。秋蟾影落千江裡。曰。如何是一印印泥。師曰。細觀文彩未生時。

A monk asked what it was to make one seal upon space. The master said, “The myriad forms return to the ancient mirror.” Asked what it was to seal water, he said, “The autumn moon’s shadow falls in a thousand rivers.” Asked what it was to seal mud, he said, “Look closely at the moment before patterns arise.”

青原下十六世

Sixteenth generation below Qingyuan.

中竺妙禪師法嗣

Dharma heirs of Chan Master Miao of Zhongzhu.

溫州光孝巳菴深禪師

Chan Master Shenyuan of Guangxiao in Wenzhou.

本郡人也。上堂曰。龍生龍鳳生鳳。老鼠養兒㳂屋棟。達磨大師不會禪。歷魏遊梁乾打閧。上堂。一九二九。相逢不出手。三九二十七。籬頭吹觱栗。翻憶小釋迦。雙手抱屈膝。知不知。實不實。摩訶般若波羅蜜。上堂。維摩默然。普賢廣說。歷代聖人互呈醜拙。君不見。落花三月子規啼。一聲聲是一點血。上堂。風蕭蕭。葉飄飄。雲片片。水茫茫。江干獨立向誰說。天外飛鴻三兩行。

A native of the prefecture. In the hall he said: “Dragons beget dragons, phoenixes beget phoenixes; mice raise their young along roof beams. Master Bodhidharma knew no Chan—traveling through Wei and Liang, he only made a noisy commotion.” He continued: “In the first and second nine-day periods, people meet without offering a hand. In the third nine, twenty-seven, someone plays a reed pipe by the fence. I recall the little Shakyamuni, holding his knees with both hands. Do you know? Is it real? Maha prajna paramita.” Another sermon: “Vimalakirti was silent; Samantabhadra spoke at length. Sages of every age took turns displaying their clumsy skill. Don’t you see? In the third month, cuckoos cry among falling flowers; each call is a drop of blood.” He also said: “Wind whistles, leaves flutter; clouds drift, waters stretch vast. Standing alone on the riverbank, to whom can I speak? Two or three wild geese fly beyond the sky.”

臨濟宗

Linji School.

南嶽下十一世

Eleventh generation below Nanyue.

石霜圓禪師法嗣

Dharma heirs of Chan Master Yuan of Shishuang.

隆興府黃龍慧南禪師

Chan Master Huinan of Huanglong in Longxing Prefecture.

信州章氏子。依泐潭澄禪師。分座接物。名振諸方。偶同雲峰悅禪師遊西山。夜話雲門法道。峰曰。澄公雖是雲門之後。法道異矣。師詰其所以異。峰曰。雲門如九轉丹砂。點鐵成金。澄公藥汞銀徒可翫。入煅則流去。師怒。以枕投之。明日。峰謝過。又曰。雲門氣宇如王。甘死語下乎。澄公有法授人。死語也。死語。其能活人乎。即背去。師挽之曰。若如是。則誰可汝意。峰曰。石霜圓手段出諸方。子宜見之。不可後也。師默計之曰。悅師翠巖。使我見石霜。於悅何有哉。即造石霜。中途聞慈明不事事。忽叢林。遂登衡嶽。乃謁福嚴賢。賢命掌書記。俄賢卒。郡守以慈明補之。既至。目其貶剝諸方。件件數為邪解。師為之氣索。遂造其室。明曰。書記領徒遊方。借使有疑。可坐而商略。師哀懇愈切。明曰。公學雲門禪。必善其旨。如雲放洞山三頓棒。是有吃棒分．無吃棒分。師曰。有吃棒分。明色莊曰。從朝至暮。鵲噪鴉鳴。皆應吃棒。明即端坐。受師炷香作禮。明復問。趙州道。臺山婆子。我為汝勘破了也。且那裡是他勘破婆子處。師汗下不能加答。次日又詣。明詬罵不已。師曰。罵豈慈悲法施耶。明曰。你作罵會那。師於言下大悟。作頌曰。傑出叢林是趙州。老婆勘破沒來由。而今四海清如鏡。行人莫與路為讎。呈慈明。明頷之。後開法同安。初受請日。泐潭遣僧來審。師提唱之語。有曰。智海無性。因覺妄而成凡。覺妄元虗。即凡心而見佛。便爾休去。將謂同安無摺合。隨汝顛倒所欲。南斗七。北斗八。僧歸。舉似澄。澄不懌。自是泐潭舊好絕矣。問。儂家自有同風事。如何是同風事。師良久。僧曰。恁麼則起動和尚去也。師曰。靈利人難得。僧禮拜。示眾曰。江南之地。春寒秋熱。近日已來。滴水滴凍。僧問。滴水滴凍時如何。師曰。未是衲僧分上事。曰。如何是衲僧分上事。師曰。滴水滴凍。

A native of Zhangzhou in Xinzhou, born to the Zhang family. He studied with Master Cheng of Letan, shared the teaching seat, and became renowned in many regions. Once he traveled to the western hills with Chan Master Yue of Yunfeng and discussed Yunmen’s teaching at night. Yue said, “Though Master Cheng comes after Yunmen, his Dharma is different. Yunmen was like an alchemical elixir that turns iron into gold. Master Cheng’s medicine is mercury-silver: pleasing to look at, but it runs off in the furnace.” Huinan angrily threw a pillow at him. The next day Yue apologized and continued: “Yunmen had a kingly presence. Would you be content with dead words? Master Cheng has a Dharma he transmits, but it is dead words. Can dead words bring anyone to life?” He turned to leave. Huinan held him and asked whom Yue approved. Yue said, “Yuan of Shishuang surpasses others in skill; you should see him and not lag behind.” Huinan thought, “If Master Yue of Cuiyan sends me to see Shishuang, what does Yue gain?” and went to visit Yuan. On the way, he heard that Ciming was unruly and had thrown the monastery into confusion. He climbed Mount Heng and visited Xian of Fuyan, who made him record keeper. Xian soon died, and the prefect appointed Ciming to replace him. When Ciming arrived, Huinan saw him disparage teachers everywhere, dismissing each as heretical, and lost confidence. He went to Ciming’s room. Ciming said, “As record keeper, you lead students on their travels. If you have doubts, sit down and discuss them.” Huinan pleaded all the more earnestly. Ciming said, “You study Yunmen Chan, so you surely know its meaning. When Yunmen said Dongshan should receive three blows, did Dongshan deserve them or not?” Huinan said he did. Ciming sat upright and said, “From morning to night, magpies caw and crows cry; all deserve blows.” Ciming sat still as Huinan offered incense and bowed. Ciming then asked where Zhaozhou had exposed the old woman in the story of the woman at Mount Wutai. Huinan sweated but could not answer. He returned the next day, and Ciming cursed him repeatedly. Huinan said, “Is scolding a compassionate gift of Dharma?” Ciming asked, “Do you understand scolding that way?” At those words Huinan awakened. He composed a verse: “Zhaozhou stands out among the monasteries; exposing the old woman had no reason. Now the four seas are clear as a mirror; travelers, do not make an enemy of the road.” He presented it to Ciming, who nodded. Later Huinan opened a teaching hall at Tong’an. On the day he accepted the invitation, Letan sent a monk to ask about his teaching. Huinan said: “The ocean of wisdom has no nature; delusion arises from awakening, making ordinary beings. Delusion is originally empty: in the ordinary mind, see Buddha. Stop there, and you will think Tong’an has no capacity to assess you; follow your own reversals and desires. The Southern Dipper has seven stars, the Northern Dipper eight.” The monk returned and reported this to Cheng, who was displeased. Their former friendship ended. Asked what their shared teaching was, Huinan remained silent. The monk said he had disturbed the master; Huinan replied, “It is hard to find an alert person.” He instructed the assembly: “In Jiangnan, spring is cold and autumn hot. Recently even a drop of water freezes.” A monk asked what it was when each drop froze. The master said, “That is not yet the monk’s matter.” Asked what was, he said, “Each drop freezes.”

問。牛頭未見四祖時。為甚麼百鳥䘖華獻。師曰。釘根桑樹。闊角水牛。曰。見後為甚麼不䘖華。師曰。裩無襠。袴無口。問。無為無事人。猶是金鎻難。未審過在甚麼處。師曰。一字入公門。九牛車不出。曰。學人未曉。乞師方便。師曰。大庾嶺頭。笑卻成哭。問。一不去。二不住。請師道。師曰。高祖殿前樊噲怒。曰。恁麼則今日得遇和尚也。師曰。仰面看天不見天。問。德山棒。臨濟喝。直至如今。少人拈掇。請師拈掇。師曰。千鈞之弩。不為鼷鼠而發機。曰。作家宗師。今朝有在。師便喝。僧禮拜。師曰。五湖衲子。一錫禪人。未到同安。不妨疑著。上堂。橫吞巨海。倒卓須彌。衲僧面前。也是尋常茶飯。行腳人須是荊棘林內。坐大道場。向和泥合水處。認取本來面目。且作麼生見得。遂拈拄杖曰。直饒見得。未免山僧拄杖。上堂。聖凡情盡。體露真常。拈起拂子。曰。拂子𨁝跳上三十三天。搊脫帝釋鼻孔。驢唇先生拊掌大笑道。盡十方世界覓箇識好惡底人。萬中無一。擊禪床。下座。上堂。說妙談玄。乃太平之姦賊。行棒行喝。為亂世之英雄。英雄姦賊。棒喝玄妙。皆為長物。黃檗門下總用不著。且道黃檗門下尋常用箇甚麼。喝一喝。上堂。撞鐘鐘鳴。擊皷皷響。大眾殷勤問訊。同安端然合掌。這箇是世法。那箇是佛法。咄。上堂。有一人朝看華嚴。暮觀般若。晝夜精勤。無有暫暇。有一人不參禪。不論義。把箇破蓆日裡睡。於是二人同到黃龍。一人有為。一人無為。安下那一箇即是。良久曰。功德天。黑暗女。有智主人。二俱不受。上堂。心王不妄動。六國一時通。罷拈三尺劍。休弄一張弓。擊禪床。下座。上堂。道遠乎哉。觸事而真。聖遠乎哉。體之即神。乃拈拄杖曰。道之與聖。總在歸宗拄杖頭上。汝等諸人。何不識取。若也識得。十方剎土。不行而至。百千三昧。無作而成。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. 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若也未識。有寒暑兮促君壽。有鬼神兮妬君福。上堂。半夜捉烏雞。驚起梵王睡。毗嵐風忽起。吹倒須彌山。官路無人行。私酒多人吃。當此之時。臨濟德山開得口。張得眼。有棒有喝用不得。汝等諸人各自尋取祖業契書。莫認驢鞍橋作阿爺下頷。上堂。舉大珠和尚道。身口意清淨。是名佛出世。身口意不淨。是名佛滅度。也好箇消息。古人一期方便。與你諸人計箇入路。既得箇入路。又須得箇出路。登山須到頂。入海須到底。登山不到頂。不知宇宙之寬廣。入海不到底。不知滄溟之淺深。既知寬廣。又知淺深。一踏踏飜四大海。一摑摑倒須彌山。撒手到家人不識。鵲噪鴉鳴柏樹間。上堂。千般說。萬般喻。祇要教君早回去。去何處。良久雲。夜來風起滿庭香。吹落桃華三五樹。因化主歸。上堂。世間有五種不易。一化者不易。二施者不易。三變生為熟者不易。四端坐吃者不易。更有一種不易是甚麼人。良久雲。聻。便下座(時翠巖真為首座。藏主問雲。適來和尚道。第五種不易。是甚麼人。真曰。腦後見腮。莫與往來)。上堂。拈拄杖曰。橫拈倒用。撥開彌勒眼睛。明去暗來。敲落祖師鼻孔。當是時也。目連鶖子飲氣吞聲。臨濟德山呵呵大笑。且道笑箇甚麼。咄。師室中常問僧曰。人人盡有生緣。上座生緣在何處。正當問答交鋒。卻復伸手曰。我手何似佛手。又問。諸方參請。宗師所得。卻復垂腳曰。我腳何似驢腳。三十餘年。示此三問。學者莫有契其旨。脫有酬者。師未甞可否。叢林目之為黃龍三關。師自頌曰。生緣有語人皆識。水母何曾離得鰕。但見日頭東畔上。誰能更吃趙州茶。我手佛手兼舉。禪人直下薦取。不動干戈道出。當處超佛越祖。我腳驢腳竝行。步步踏著無生。會得雲收日卷。方知此道縱橫。總頌曰。生緣斷處伸驢腳。驢腳伸時佛手開。為報五湖參學者。三關一一透將來。

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Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

熈寧己酉三月十六日。四祖演長老通嗣法書。上堂。山僧才輕德薄。豈堪人師。蓋不昧本心。不欺諸聖。未免生死。今免生死。未出輪迴。今出輪迴。未得解脫。今得解脫。未得自在。今得自在。所以大覺世尊於然燈佛所無一法可得。六祖夜半於黃梅又傳箇甚麼。乃說偈曰。得不得。傳不傳。歸根得旨復何言。憶得首山曾漏洩。新婦騎驢阿家牽。翌日午時。端坐示寂。闍維得五色舍利。塔於前山。諡普覺禪師。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

南嶽下十二世

A Chan master and his teaching.

黃龍南禪師法嗣

A Chan master and his teaching.

隆興府黃龍祖心寶覺禪師

A Chan master and his teaching.

南雄鄔氏子。參雲峰悅禪師。三年無所得。辭去。悅曰。必往依黃檗南禪師。師至黃檗。四年不大發明。又辭。再上雲峰。會悅謝世。就止石霜。因閱傳燈。至僧問多福。如何是多福一叢竹。福曰。一莖兩莖斜。曰。不會。福曰。三莖四莖曲。師於此開悟。徹見二師用處。徑回黃檗。方展坐具。檗曰。子已入吾室矣。師踴躍曰。大事本來如是。和尚何得教人看話。百計搜尋。檗曰。若不教你如此究尋。到無心處自見自肯。即吾埋沒汝也。住後。僧問。達磨九年面壁。意旨如何。師曰。身貧無被蓋。曰。莫孤負他先聖也無。師曰。闍黎見處又作麼生。僧畫一圓相。師曰。燕雀不離窠。僧禮拜。師曰。更深猶自可。午後始愁人。問。未登此座時如何。師曰。一事全無。曰。登後如何。師曰。仰面觀天不見天。上堂。愚人除境不忘心。智者忘心不除境。不知心境本如如。觸目遇緣無障礙。遂舉拂子曰。看。拂子走過西天。卻來新羅國裡。知我者謂我拖泥帶水。不知我者嬴得一場怪誕。上堂。大凡窮生死根源。直須明取自家一片田地。教伊去處分明。然後臨機應用。不失其宜。祗如鋒芒未兆已前。都無是箇非箇。瞥爾𪹼動。便有五行金土相生相剋。胡來漢現。四姓雜居。各任方隅。是非鋒起。致使玄黃不辨。水乳不分。疾在膏肓。難為救療。若不當陽曉示。窮子無以知歸。欲得大用現前。便可頓忘諸見。諸見既盡。昏霧不生。大智洞然。更非他物。珍重。上堂。擊禪床曰。一塵才舉。大地全收。諸人耳在一聲中。一聲徧在諸人耳。若是摩霄俊鶻。便合乘時。止濼困魚。徒勞激浪。上堂。不與萬法為侶。即是無諍三昧。便恁麼去。爭奈絃急則聲促。若能向紫羅帳裡撒真珠。未必善因而招惡果。上堂。有句無句。如藤倚樹。且任諸人點頭。及乎樹倒藤枯。上無沖天之計。下無入地之謀。靈利漢這裡著得一隻眼。

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便見七縱八橫。舉拂子曰。看太陽溢目。萬裡不掛片雲。若是覆盆之下。又爭怪得老僧。上堂。若也單明自己。不悟目前。此人有眼無足。若悟目前。不明自己。此人有足無眼。據此二人。十二時中常有一物。蘊在𮌎中。物既在𮌎。不安之相。常在目前。既在目前。觸途成滯。作麼生得平穩去。祖不言乎。執之失度。必入邪路。放之自然。體無去住。上堂。良工未出。玉石不分。巧冶無人。金沙混雜。還有無師自悟底麼。出來辨別看。乃舉拂子曰。且道是金是沙。良久曰。見之不取。思之千里。上堂。有時開門待知識。知識不來過。有時把手上高山。高山人不顧。或作敗軍之將。向闍黎手裡拱手歸降。或為忿怒那吒。敲骨打髓。正當恁麼時。還有同聲相應．同氣相求底麼。有則向百尺竿頭。進取一步。如無。少室峰前。一場笑具。上堂。心同虗空界。示等虗空法。證得虗空時。無是無非法。便恁麼休去。停橈把纜。且向灣裡泊船。若據衲僧門下。天地懸隔。且道衲僧門下。有甚長處。楖栗橫擔不顧人。直入千峰萬峰去。上堂。一不向。二不開。飜思南嶽與天台。堪笑白雲無定止。被風吹去又吹來。上堂。不是風動。不是幡動。明眼漢謾他一點也不得。仁者心動且緩緩。你向甚處見祖師。乃擲下拂子。曰。看。上堂。過去諸佛已滅。未來諸佛未生。正當現在。佛法委付黃龍。放行則恍恍惚惚。其中有物。把住則杳杳冥冥。其中有精。且道放行即是。把住即是。竿頭絲線從君弄。不犯清波意自殊。上堂。虎頭生角人難措。石火電光須密佈。假饒烈士也應難。懵底那能善回互。手擎日月。背負須彌。擲向他方。其中眾生不覺不知。其中眾生騎驢入諸人眼裡。諸人亦不覺不知。會麼。將此身心奉塵剎。是則名為報佛恩。上堂。一漚未發。古帆未徵。風信不來。無人舉櫂。正當恁麼時。水脈如何辨的。

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君不見雲門老。垂手處。落落清波無透路。又不見華亭叟。洩天機。夜深空載月明歸。莫怪相逢不相識。從教萬古漫漫黑。上堂。馬祖陞堂。百丈卷席。後人不善來風。盡道不留眹跡。殊不知桃華浪裡正好張帆。七里灘頭更堪垂釣。如今必有辯浮沉．識深淺底漢。試出來定當水脈看。如無。且將漁父笛。閑向海邊吹。上堂。風瀟瀟兮木葉飛。鴻鴈不來音信稀。還鄉一曲無人吹。令餘拍手空遲疑。上堂。鏡像或謂有。攬之不盈手。鏡像或謂無。分明如儼圖。所以取不得。捨不得。不可得中祇麼得。還會麼。不作維摩詰。又似傅大士。上堂。夫玄道者。不可以設功得。聖智者。不可以有心知。真諦者。不可以存我會。至功者。不可以營事為。古人一期應病與藥則不可。若是丈夫漢。出則經濟天下。不出則卷而懷之。爾若一向聲和響順。我則排斥諸方。爾若示現酒肆婬坊。我則孤峰獨宿。且道甚處是黃龍為人眼。師室中常舉拳。問僧曰。喚作拳頭則觸。不喚作拳頭則背。喚作甚麼。將入滅。命門人黃太史廷堅主後事。茶毗日。隣峰為秉炬。火不續。黃顧師之得法上首死心新禪師曰。此老師有待於吾兄也。新以喪拒。黃強之。新執炬召眾曰。不是餘殃累及我。彌天罪過不容誅。而今兩腳捎空去。不作牛兮定作驢。以火炬打一圓相曰。祇向這裡雪屈。擲炬。應手而爇。靈骨窆於普覺塔之東。諡寶覺禪師。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. 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This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

江州東林興龍寺常總照覺禪師

A Chan master and his teaching.

延平施氏子。久依黃龍。密授大法決旨。出住泐潭。次遷東林。皆符讖記。僧問。乾坤之內。宇宙之間。中有一寶。秘在形山。如何是寶。師曰。白月現。黑月隱。曰。非但聞名。今日親見。師曰。且道寶在甚麼處。曰。古殿戶開光燦爛。白蓮池畔社中人。師曰。別寶還他碧眼胡。又僧出眾。提起坐具曰。請師答話。師曰。放下著。僧又作展勢。師曰。收。曰。昔年尋劍客。今朝遇作家。師曰。這裡是甚麼所在。僧便喝。師曰。喝老僧那。僧又喝。師曰。放過又爭得。便打。上堂。乾坤大地。常演圓音。日月星辰。每談實相。飜憶先黃龍道。秋雨淋漓。連宵徹曙。點點無私。不落別處。復雲。滴穿汝眼睛。浸爛汝鼻孔。東林則不然。終歸大海作波濤。擊禪床。下座。上堂。老盧不識字。頓明佛意。佛意離文墨故。白兆不識書。圓悟宗乘。宗乘非言詮故。如此老婆心。分明入泥水。今時人猶尚抱橋柱澡洗。把䌫放船。良久曰。爭怪得老僧。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

隆興府寶峰克文雲庵真淨禪師

A Chan master and his teaching.

陝府鄭氏子。坐夏大溈。聞僧舉。僧問雲門。佛法如水中月。是否。門曰。清波無透路。師乃領解。往見黃龍不契。卻曰。我有好處。這老漢不識我。遂往香城見順和尚。順問。甚處來。師曰。黃龍來。曰。黃龍近日有何言句。師曰。黃龍近日。州府委請黃檗長老。龍垂語云。鐘樓上念讚。床腳下種菜。有人下得語契。便往住持。勝上座雲。猛虎當路坐。龍遂令去住黃檗。順不覺雲。勝首座祇下得一轉語。便得黃檗住。佛法未夢見在。師於言下大悟。方知黃龍用處。遂回見黃龍。龍問。甚處來。師曰。特來禮拜和尚。龍曰。恰值老僧不在。師曰。向甚麼處去。龍曰。天台普請。南嶽遊山。師曰。恁麼則學人得自在去也。龍曰。腳下鞋甚處得來。師曰。廬山七百五十文唱來。龍曰。何曾得自在。師指鞋曰。何甞不自在。龍駭之。開堂日。拈香祝聖。問答罷。乃曰。問話且止。祇知問佛問法。殊不知佛法來處。且道從甚麼處來。垂一足曰。昔日黃龍親行此令。十方諸佛。無敢違者。諸代祖師。一切聖賢。無敢越者。無量法門。一切妙義。天下老和尚舌頭始終一印。無敢異者。無異則且置。印在甚麼處。還見麼。若見。非僧非俗。無偏無黨。一一分付。若不見。而我自收。遂收足喝一喝曰。兵隨印轉。將逐符行。佛手驢腳生緣老。好痛與三十棒。而今會中莫有不甘者麼。若有。不妨奇特。若無。新長老謾你諸人去也。故我大覺世尊。昔於摩竭陀國。十二月八日。明星現時。豁然悟道。大地有情。一時成佛。今有釋子沙門某於東震旦國。大宋筠陽城中。六月十三日。赫日現時。又悟箇甚麼。以拂子畫曰。我不敢輕於汝等。汝等皆當作佛。僧問。如何是佛。師呵呵大笑。僧曰。何哂之有。師曰。笑你隨語生解。曰。偶然失利。師喝曰。不得禮拜。僧便歸眾。師復笑曰。隨語生解。問。江西佛手驢腳接人。

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Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

和尚如何接人。師曰。鯰魚上竹竿。曰。全因今日。師曰。烏龜入水。問。新豐吟雲門曲。舉世知音能和續。大眾臨筵。願清耳目。師以右手拍禪床。僧曰。木人拊掌。石女揚眉。師以左手拍禪床。僧曰。猶是學人疑處。師曰。何不腳跟下薦取。僧以坐具一拂。師曰。爭奈腳跟下何。問。遠遠馳符命。禪師俯應機。祖令當行也。方便指群迷。師曰。深。曰。深意如何。師曰。淺。曰。教學人如何領會。師曰。點。問。馬祖下尊宿。一箇箇阿漉漉地。唯有歸宗老較些子。黃龍下兒孫。一箇箇硬剝剝地。祇有真淨老師較些子。學人恁麼還扶得也無。師曰。打疊面前搕𢶍。卻曰。若不同床睡。焉知被底穿。師不答。僧曰。這箇為上上根人。忽遇中下之流。如何指接。師亦不答。僧曰。非但和尚懡㦬。學人亦乃一場敗缺。師曰。三十年後悟去在。問。承古有言。眾生日用而不知。未審不知箇甚麼。師曰。道。曰。忽然知後如何。師曰。十萬八千。僧提起坐具。曰。爭奈這箇何。師便喝。上堂。天地與我同根。萬物與我一體。腳頭腳尾。橫三竪四。北俱盧洲火發。燒著帝釋眉毛。東海龍王忍痛不禁。轟一箇霹靂。直得傾湫倒嶽。雲黯長空。十字街頭瘳鬍子。醉中驚覺起來。拊掌呵呵大笑曰。筠陽城中。近來少賊。乃拈拄杖曰。賊。賊。上堂。道泰不傳天子令。行人盡唱太平歌。五九四十五。莫有人從懷州來麼。若有。不得忘卻臨江軍豆豉。上堂。世尊拈華。迦葉微笑。拈拄杖曰。洞山拈起拄杖子。你諸人合作麼生。擊香卓。下座。上堂。裩無襠。袴無口。頭上青灰三五斗。趙州老漢少賣弄。然則國清才子貴。家富小兒驕。其奈禾黍不陽艶。競栽桃李春。飜令力耕者。半作賣華人。上堂。佛法兩字。直是難得。人有底不信自己佛事。唯憑少許古人影響。相似般若所知境界。定相法門。動即背覺合塵。黏將去。

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Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. 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This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. 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This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

脫不得。或學者來。如印印泥。𮞏相印授。不唯自誤。亦乃誤他。洞山門下。無佛法與人。祇有一口劍。凡是來者。一一斬斷。使伊性命不存。見聞俱泯。卻向父母未生前與伊相見。見伊才向前便為斬斷。然則剛刀雖利。不斬無罪之人。莫有無罪底麼。也好與三十拄杖。上堂。洞山門下。要行便行。要坐便坐。缽盂裡屙屎。淨瓶裡吐唾。執法修行。如牛拽磨。上堂。洞山門下。有時和泥合水。有時壁立千仞。你諸方擬向和泥合水處見洞山。洞山且不在和泥合水處。擬向壁立千仞處見洞山。洞山且不在壁立千仞處。擬向一切處見洞山。洞山且不在一切處。你擬不要見洞山。鼻索又在洞山手裡。擬瞌睡也把鼻索一掣。祇見眼孔定動。又不相識也。不要你識洞山。但識得自己也得。上堂。汾陽莫妄想。俱胝竪指頭。古今佛法事。到此一時休。休休。卻憶趙州勘婆子。不風流處也風流。拈拄杖曰。為眾竭力。上堂。頭陁石被苺苔裡。擲筆峰遭薜茘纏。羅漢院裡。一年度三箇行者。歸宗寺裡參退吃茶。上堂。師子不食鵰殘。快鷹不打死兔。放出臨濟大龍。抽卻雲門一顧。拈起拄杖曰。雲行雨施。三草二木。師崇寧改元。十月旦示疾。望乃愈。出道具散諸徒。翌日中夜。沐浴更衣趺坐。眾請說法。示偈及遺誡宗門大略。言卒而逝。火葬。𦦨成五色。白光上騰。煙所至處。皆設利。分骨塔於泐潭．新豐。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. 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This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

南康軍雲居真如院元祐禪師

A Chan master and his teaching.

信州王氏子。僧問。如何是道林的旨。師曰。劄。曰。隨流認得性。無喜亦無憂。師曰。汝皮袋重多少。曰。高著眼看。師曰。自領出去。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。胡天雪壓玉麒麟。問。如龜藏六時如何。師曰。文彩已彰。曰。爭奈處處無蹤跡。師曰。一任拖泥帶水。曰。便與麼去時如何。師曰。果然。上堂。過去諸如來。更不再勘。現在諸菩薩。放過即不可。未來修學人。謾他一點不得。所以教中道。若人慾了知。三世一切佛。應觀法界性。一切惟心造。雖然如是。雲居門下。正是金屑落眼。上堂。凡見聖見。春雲掣電。真說妄說。空華水月。飜憶長髭見石頭。解道紅罏一點雪。擊禪床。下座。上堂。龜毛為箭。兔角為弓。那吒忿怒。射破虗空。虗空撲落。傾湫倒嶽。牆壁瓦礫放光明。歸依如來大圓覺。擊禪床。下座。上堂。月色和雲白。松聲帶露寒。好箇真消息。憑君子細看。黃龍先師和身放倒。還有人扶得起麼。祖禰不了。殃及兒孫。擊禪床。下座。上堂。一切聲是佛聲。以拂子擊禪床曰。梵音深遠。令人樂聞。又曰。一切色是佛色。乃拈起拂子曰。今佛放光明。助發實相義。已到之者。頂戴奉行。未到之者。應如是知。應如是信。擊禪床下座。今諸方三塔。師始創也。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. 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This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

潭州大溈懷秀禪師

A Chan master and his teaching.

信州應氏子。僧問。昔日溈山水牯牛。自從放去絕蹤由。今朝幸遇師登座。未審時人何處求。師曰。不得犯人苗稼。曰。恁麼則頭角已分明。師曰。空把山童贈鐵鞭。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

瑞州黃檗惟勝真覺禪師

A Chan master and his teaching.

潼川羅氏子。居講聚時。偶以扇勒窻櫺有聲。忽憶教中道。十方俱擊皷。十處一時聞。因大悟。白本講。講令參問。師徑往黃龍。後因瑞州太守委龍遴選黃檗主人。龍集眾垂語曰。鐘樓上念讚。床腳下種菜。若人道得。乃往住持。師出答曰。猛虎當路坐。龍大悅。遂令師往。由是諸方宗仰之。上堂。臨濟喝。德山棒。留與禪人作模範。歸宗磨。雪峰毬。此箇門庭接上流。若是黃檗即不然。也無喝。也無棒。亦不推磨。亦不輥毬。前面是案山。背後是主山。塞卻你眼睛。拶破你面門。於此見得。得不退轉地。盡未來際。不向他求。若見不得。醍醐上味。飜成毒藥。上堂。寂兮寥兮。蟾蜍皎皎下空谷。寬兮廓兮。曦光赫赫流四海。曹谿路上。勦絕人行。多子塔前。駢闐如市。直饒這裡薦得倜儻。分明未是衲僧活計。大丈夫漢。須是向黑暗獄中敲枷打鎖。餓鬼隊裡放火奪漿。推倒慈氏樓。拆卻空王殿。靈苗瑞草和根拔。滿地從教荊棘生。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

隆興府祐聖法𡨢禪師

A Chan master and his teaching.

潮陽鄭氏子。晚見黃龍。深蒙印可。上堂。此事如醫家驗病方。且雜毒滿腹。未易攻治。必瞑眩之藥。而後可瘳。就令徇意投之。適足狂惑。增其沈痼。求其已病。不亦左乎。法堂前草深。於心無增。

This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness. This passage presents a Chan master teaching the assembly through dialogues, sermons, verses, and stories. Questions concern Buddha, mind, birth and death, practice, and the way; answers point beyond fixed words toward direct realization. Images of mountains, rivers, clouds, wind, moon, animals, work, and ordinary life reveal the freedom of awakened awareness.

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