The Five Lamps Meeting at the Source, Scroll Five

僧問。杲日符天際。珠光照舊都。浦津通法海。今日意如何。師曰。寶劒揮時。豈該明暗。

A monk asked: 'The bright sun matches the sky's edge, the pearl's light shines on the old capital. The ford joins the dharma sea — what is the meaning today?' The master said: 'When the precious sword is brandished, how could it deal in light and dark?'

逍遙忠禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Zhong of Xiaoyao

泉州福清院師巍通玄禪師

Chan Master Shiwei Tongxuan of Fuqing Monastery in Quanzhou

僧問。枝分夾嶺。的紹逍遙。寶座既登。法雷請震。師曰。逍遙迥物外。物外霞不生。問。如何是西來的的意。師曰。立雪未為勞。斷臂方為的。曰。恁麼則一華開五葉。芬芳直至今。師曰。因圓三界外。果滿十方知。

A monk asked: 'The branch divided at Jia Ridge and truly succeeded Xiaoyao. Now that the jewelled seat is mounted, let the dharma thunder please sound.' The master said: 'Xiaoyao stands far beyond things; beyond things no cloud glow is born.' [The monk] asked: 'What is the true meaning of his coming from the West?' The master said: 'Standing in the snow was no labour; cutting off the arm was the real mark.' [The monk] said: 'Then one flower opened five leaves, and its fragrance reaches down to this day.' The master said: 'When the cause is complete beyond the three realms, the fruit's fullness is known in the ten directions.'

京兆府白雲無休禪師

Chan Master Wuxiu of White Cloud in Jingzhao Prefecture

僧問。路逢猛虎。如何降伏。師曰。歸依佛法。僧問。如何是白雲境。師曰。月夜樓邊海客愁。

A monk asked: 'Meeting a fierce tiger on the road, how does one subdue it?' The master said: 'Take refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.' A monk asked: 'What is the realm of White Cloud?' The master said: 'On a moonlit night by the tower, the seafarer grieves.'

蟠龍文禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Wen of Panlong

廬山永安淨悟禪師

Chan Master Jingwu of Yong'an in Mount Lu

僧問。如何是出家底事。師曰。萬丈懸崖撒手去。曰。如何是不出家底事。師曰。迥殊雪嶺安巢節。有異許由掛一瓢。問。六門不通。如何達信。師曰。闍黎外邊與誰相識。問。脫籠頭．卸角䭾來時如何。師曰。換骨洗腸投紫塞。鴈門切忌更銜蘆。問。從上諸聖將何示人。師曰。有異祖龍行化節。迥超棲鳳越揚塵。問。如何是解作客底人。師曰。寶御珍裝猶尚棄。誰能歷劫傍他門。問。如何是西來意。師曰。海底泥牛吼。雲中木馬嘶。問。眾手淘金。誰是得者。師曰。黃帝不曾遊赤水。神珠罔象也虗然。問。雪覆蘆華時如何。師曰。雖則沍凝呈瑞色。太陽暉後卻迷人。

A monk asked: 'What is the matter of leaving home?' The master said: 'Let go your hands at the edge of a ten-thousand-fathom cliff.' [The monk] said: 'What is the matter of not leaving home?' The master said: 'Far different from the season when one nests peacefully on the snowy ridge; unlike Xu You who hung up his single gourd.' [A monk] asked: 'When the six gates are blocked, how does news get through?' The master said: 'Whom do you know outside, Acharya?' [A monk] asked: 'What about when one slips the halter and unloads the pack?' The master said: 'Change your bones and wash your guts, and head for the Purple Pass; at Yanmen by all means do not carry reed in your beak.' [A monk] asked: 'How do the sages from of old show people?' The master said: 'Different from the season when the first emperor's dragon went forth to transform; far beyond the phoenix roosting and the dust that rises.' [A monk] asked: 'What is a man who understands how to be a guest?' The master said: 'Royal treasure and precious raiment he still casts aside — who would spend kalpas beside another's gate?' [A monk] asked: 'What is the meaning of his coming from the West?' The master said: 'The mud ox at the bottom of the sea roars; the wooden horse in the clouds neighs.' [A monk] asked: 'Many hands wash for gold — who gets it?' The master said: 'The Yellow Emperor never roamed the Red Water; the divine pearl of formlessness is likewise vain.' [A monk] asked: 'What about when snow covers the reed flowers?' The master said: 'Though frozen hard it shows auspicious colour, yet after the sunlight it only deludes people.'

袁州木平山善道禪師

Chan Master Shandao of Mount Muping in Yuanzhou

初謁洛浦。問。一漚未發已前。如何辨其水脈。浦曰。移舟諳水脈。舉棹別波瀾。師不契。乃參蟠龍。語同前問。龍曰。移舟不別水。舉棹即迷源。師從此悟入。僧問。如何是西來意。師曰。石羊頭子向東看。問。如何是正法眼。師曰。拄杖孔。問。如何是不動尊。師曰。浪浪蕩蕩。問。如何是木平一句。師曰。畐塞虗空。曰。畐塞虗空即不問。如何是一句。師便打。凡有新到。未許參禮。先令運土三擔。而示偈曰。南山路側東山低。新到莫辭三轉泥。嗟汝在途經日久。明明不曉卻成迷。師肉髻螺紋。金陵李氏嚮其道譽。迎請供養。待以師禮。甞問。如何是木平。師曰。不勞斤斧。曰。為甚麼不勞斤斧。師曰。木平。法眼禪師有偈贈曰。木平山裡人。貌古言復少。相看陌路同。論心秋月皎。壞衲線非蠶。助歌聲有鳥。城闕今日來。一漚曾已曉。滅後。門人建塔。諡真寂禪師。

He first paid homage to Luopu and asked: 'Before a single bubble has risen, how does one discern its watercourse?' Pu said: 'Move the boat and you will know the watercourse; lift the oar and you part from the waves.' The master did not agree, so he called on Panlong and put the same question. Long said: 'Move the boat and you do not part from the water; lift the oar and you lose the source.' From this the master entered awakening. A monk asked: 'What is the meaning of his coming from the West?' The master said: 'A stone ram's head looks east.' [A monk] asked: 'What is the eye of the true dharma?' The master said: 'The hole in the staff.' [A monk] asked: 'What is the immovable honoured one?' The master said: 'Waves upon waves, vast and free.' [A monk] asked: 'What is the one phrase of Muping?' The master said: 'It stuffs the void full.' [The monk] said: 'I do not ask about stuffing the void full. What is the one phrase?' The master then struck him. Whenever a newcomer arrived, before allowing him to call and bow, he first had him carry three loads of earth, and showed this verse: 'Beside the southern road, where the eastern hill is low, newcomer, do not decline three turns with the mud. I sigh that you have been long on the road, and being so clear, you still do not understand and so go astray.' The master had a fleshy topknot with spiral hair. The Li family of Jinling, hearing of his reputation for the Way, invited him to receive offerings and treated him with the honours of a teacher. Once they asked: 'What is Muping?' The master said: 'It needs no axe or adze.' [They] said: 'Why does it need no axe or adze?' The master said: 'Muping.' Chan Master Fayan presented a verse: 'The man in Mount Muping has an ancient face and speaks little. Meeting him is like meeting a stranger on the road; to speak of mind is as bright as the autumn moon. His worn robe's thread is not silk, and the one who joins his song is a bird. Today he has come to the city gates; a single bubble was already understood.' After his death his disciples raised a stupa. He was given the posthumous title Chan Master Zhenji, True Stillness.

崇福志禪師

Chan Master Zhi of Chongfu

僧問。供養百千諸佛。不如供養一無心道人。未審諸佛有何過。無心道人有何德。師曰。雪深宜近火。身煖覺春遲。問。貧子獻珠時如何。師曰。甚麼處得來。問。如何是道。師曰。回車有分。

A monk asked: 'Making offerings to a hundred thousand Buddhas is not as good as making offerings to one man of the Way with no mind. I wonder what fault the Buddhas have, and what virtue the mindless man of the Way has?' The master said: 'When the snow is deep, keep close to the fire; when the body is warm, spring feels late.' [A monk] asked: 'What about when a poor man presents a pearl?' The master said: 'Where did you get it?' [A monk] asked: 'What is the Way?' The master said: 'Turning the carriage back has its share.'

陝府龍溪禪師

Chan Master Longxi of Shanfu

上堂。僧問。如何是無縫塔。師曰。百寶莊嚴今已了。四門開豁幾多時。師乃曰。直饒說似箇無縫塔。也不免老僧下箇橛。作麼生免得去。眾無對。師曰。下去。

He ascended the hall. A monk asked: 'What is the seamless stupa?' The master said: 'Its hundred treasures are adorned and finished today; how long will its four gates stand wide?' The master then said: 'Even if you could speak of something like a seamless stupa, you would not escape this old monk driving in a peg. How will you escape it?' The assembly had no reply. The master said: 'Get out.'

黃山輪禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Lun of Mount Huang

郢州桐(或作潼)泉山禪師

Chan Master of Mount Tongquan in Yingzhou, also written Tongquan

參黃山。山問。天門一合。十方無路。有人道得。擺手出漳江。師曰。蟄戶不開。龍無龍句。山曰。是你恁麼道。師曰。是即直言是。不是直言不是。山曰。擺手出漳江。山復問。卞和到處荊山秀。玉印從他天子傳時如何。師曰。靈鶴不於林下憩。野老不重太平年。山深肯之。住後。僧問。如何是相傳底事。師曰。龍吐長生水。魚吞無盡漚。曰。請師挑剔。師曰。擂鼓轉船頭。棹穿波裡月。

He called on Huangshan. Shan said: 'When heaven's gate closes, the ten directions have no road. If anyone can speak, he waves his hand and leaves Zhangjiang.' The master said: 'The hibernating door does not open, and the dragon has no dragon phrase.' Shan said: 'That is how you speak.' The master said: 'If it is so, I say plainly it is so; if not, I say plainly it is not.' Shan said: 'Wave your hand and leave Zhangjiang.' Shan asked again: 'Wherever Bian He goes, Mount Jing shows its beauty; what about when the jade seal is passed on by the Son of Heaven?' The master said: 'The spirit crane does not rest beneath the trees; the old rustic does not prize years of great peace.' Shan deeply approved. After he had taken up residence, a monk asked: 'What is the matter handed down?' The master said: 'The dragon spits the water of long life; the fish swallow the endless bubble.' [The monk] said: 'Please, master, pick it out.' The master said: 'Beat the drum and turn the boat's head; the oar pierces the moon in the waves.'

韶山普禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Pu of Mount Shao

潭州文殊禪師

Chan Master Manjushri of Tanzhou

僧問。如何是祝融峰前事。師曰。巖前瑞草生。問。仁王登位。萬姓霑恩。和尚出世。有何祥瑞。師曰。萬裡長沙駕鐵船。問。如何是本爾莊嚴。師曰。菊花原上景。行人去路長。

A monk asked: 'What is the matter before Zhurong Peak?' The master said: 'Auspicious grass grows before the cliff.' [A monk] asked: 'The benevolent king ascends the throne and ten thousand families receive grace. The master has appeared in the world — what auspicious sign is there?' The master said: 'An iron boat sails from Changsha for ten thousand li.' [A monk] asked: 'What is your original adornment?' The master said: 'The scene on the chrysanthemum plain; the traveller's road is long.'

耀州密行禪師

Chan Master Mixing of Yaozhou

僧問。密室之言。請師垂示。師曰。南方水濶。北地風多。曰。不會。乞師再指。師曰。鳥棲林麓易。人出是非難。

A monk asked: 'The words of the secret chamber — please, master, reveal them.' The master said: 'The south has broad waters; the northern land has much wind.' [The monk] said: 'I do not understand. I beg the master to point again.' The master said: 'It is easy for a bird to perch in the woods and hills; it is hard for a man to step out of right and wrong.'

思明禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Siming

襄州鷲嶺善本禪師

Chan Master Shanben of Jiuling in Xiangzhou

浴次。僧問。和尚是離垢人。為甚麼卻浴。師曰。定水湛然滿。浴此無垢人。問。祖意教意。是同是別。師曰。鷲嶺峰上。青草參天。鹿野苑中。狐兔交橫。

Once, while bathing, a monk asked: 'The master is a man beyond defilement — why then does he bathe?' The master said: 'The water of concentration is limpid and full; in it I bathe this undefiled man.' [A monk] asked: 'Are the patriarch's meaning and the teaching's meaning the same or different?' The master said: 'On the peak of Vulture Ridge green grass reaches the sky. In the Deer Park, foxes and hares run criss-cross.'

青原下七世

Seventh generation below Qingyuan

藤霞禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Tengxia

澧州藥山禪師

Chan Master of Mount Yao in Lizhou

上堂。夫學般若菩薩。不懼得失。有事近前。時有僧問。藥山祖裔。請師舉唱。師曰。萬機挑不出。曰。為甚麼萬機挑不出。師曰。他緣岸谷。問。如何是藥山家風。師曰。葉落不如初。問。法雷哮吼時如何。師曰。宇宙不曾震。曰。為甚麼不曾震。師曰。徧地娑婆。未甞哮吼。曰。不哮吼底事如何。師曰。闔國無人知。

He ascended the hall: 'You bodhisattvas who study prajna do not fear gain or loss. If you have business, come forward.' At that a monk asked: 'The ancestral heirs of Mount Yao — please, master, proclaim them.' The master said: 'Ten thousand devices cannot pick it out.' [The monk] said: 'Why can ten thousand devices not pick it out?' The master said: 'Because it follows the cliffs and valleys.' [A monk] asked: 'What is the family style of Mount Yao?' The master said: 'Fallen leaves are not as they were at first.' [A monk] asked: 'What about when the dharma thunder roars?' The master said: 'The cosmos has never shaken.' [The monk] said: 'Why has it never shaken?' The master said: 'The whole Saha world is everywhere, and it has never roared.' [The monk] said: 'What is the matter of not roaring?' The master said: 'In the whole country no one knows it.'

雲蓋景禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Jing of Yungai

衡嶽南臺寺藏禪師

Chan Master Zang of Nantai Monastery in Mount Heng

僧問。遠遠投師。請師一接。師曰。不隔戶。問。如何是南臺境。師曰。松韻拂時石不點。孤峰山下壘難齊。曰。如何是境中人。師曰。巖前栽野菓。接待往來賓。曰。恁麼則謝師供養。師曰。怎生滋味。問。如何是法堂。師曰。無壁落。問。不顧諸緣時如何。師良久。

A monk asked: 'Coming from afar to take refuge with the master, I beg the master to receive me once.' The master said: 'I do not shut the door.' [A monk] asked: 'What is the realm of Nantai?' The master said: 'When the pine's tone brushes past, the stone is not spotted; below the lone peak the ramparts cannot be matched.' [The monk] said: 'Who is the person within that realm?' The master said: 'Planting wild fruit before the cliff, receiving the guests who come and go.' [The monk] said: 'Then I thank the master for his offerings.' The master said: 'What is the flavour like?' [A monk] asked: 'What is the dharma hall?' The master said: 'It has no walls.' [A monk] asked: 'What about when one does not heed the various conditions?' The master was silent for a long while.

潭州雲蓋山證覺禪師

Chan Master Zhengjue of Mount Yungai in Tanzhou

僧問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。四海不曾通。問。如何是一塵含法界。師曰。通身體不圓。曰。如何是九世剎那分。師曰。繁興不布彩。問。如何是宗門中的的意。師曰。萬裡胡僧。不入波瀾。

A monk asked: 'What is the master's family style?' The master said: 'The four seas have never been joined.' [A monk] asked: 'What is it for one speck of dust to contain the dharma realm?' The master said: 'The whole body is not round.' [The monk] said: 'What is it for nine ages to be divided into a single instant?' The master said: 'In the bustling throng no colour is spread.' [A monk] asked: 'What is the true meaning within the school?' The master said: 'A barbarian monk from ten thousand li does not enter the waves.'

烏牙賓禪師法嗣

Heirs of Chan Master Bin of Wuya