The Five Lamps Meeting at the Source, Scroll Seven

上堂。從上諸聖。為一大事因緣故出現於世。遞相告報。是汝諸人還會麼。若不會。大不容易。僧問。如何是一大事。師曰。莫錯相告報麼。曰。恁麼則學人不疑也。師曰。爭奈一翳在目。問。三世諸佛盡是傳語人。未審傳甚麼人語。師曰。聽。曰。未審是甚麼語。師曰。你不是鍾期。問。如何是學人眼。師曰。不可更撒沙。

Ascending the hall, he said: 'The sages from the first have appeared in the world for the sake of one great matter and have announced it to one another in turn. Do you people understand? If you do not, it is no easy thing.' A monk asked, 'What is the one great matter?' The master said, 'Are you not announcing it wrongly?' He said, 'Then the student has no doubt.' The master said, 'What about the film over the eye?' A monk asked, 'The Buddhas of the three ages are all transmitters of words; whose words do they transmit?' The master said, 'Listen.' He said, 'What words are they?' The master said, 'You are no Zhong Qi.' A monk asked, 'What is the student's eye?' The master said, 'Do not scatter more sand.'

福州長慶常慧禪師

Chan Master Changhui of Changqing in Fuzhou

僧問。王侯請命。法嗣怡山。鎻口之言。請師不謬。師曰。得。曰。恁麼則深領尊慈。師曰。莫鈍置人好。問。不犯宗風。不傷物義。請師滿口道。師曰。今日豈不是開堂。問。燄續雪峰。印傳超覺。不違於物。不負於人。不在當頭。即今何道。師曰。違負即道。曰。恁麼則善副來言。淺深已辨。師曰。也須識好惡。

A monk asked, 'The king and lords have requested your life, and you are the Dharma heir of Yishan. As for the word of the locked mouth, please, master, do not be mistaken.' The master said, 'Good.' He said, 'Then I deeply receive the honored one's compassion.' The master said, 'Do not dull people.' A monk asked, 'Not violating the school's style and not injuring the meaning of things — please, master, speak it with a full mouth.' The master said, 'Is today not the opening of the hall?' A monk asked, 'The flame continues Xuefeng and the seal transmits Chaojue. Not going against things, not betraying people, not standing at the head — what do you say right now?' The master said, 'Betraying is what is said.' He said, 'Then you well match the words that came, and the shallow and deep are already distinguished.' The master said, 'You too must know good from bad.'

福州石佛院靜禪師

Chan Master Jing of Shifo Monastery in Fuzhou

上堂。若道素面相呈。猶添脂粉。縱離添過。猶有負𠎝。諸人且作麼生體悉。僧問。學人慾見和尚本來面目。師曰。洞上有言親體取。曰。恁麼則不得見去也。師曰。灼然。客路如天遠。侯門似海深。

Ascending the hall, he said: 'If one says one presents one's plain face, that is adding rouge and powder. Even if one removes the added fault, there is still a transgression. How will you people understand it?' A monk asked, 'The student wishes to see the reverend master's original face.' The master said, 'There are words in the cave; go and realize them yourself.' He said, 'Then I will not get to see it.' The master said, 'Clearly. The traveler's road is as far as the sky; the lord's gate is as deep as the sea.'

福州枕峰觀音院清換禪師

Chan Master Qinghuan of Guanyin Monastery at Zhenfeng in Fuzhou

上堂。諸禪德。若要論禪說道。舉唱宗風。祇如當人分上。以一毛端上有無量諸佛轉大法輪。於一塵中現寶王剎。佛說。眾生說。山河大地。一時說未甞間斷。如毗沙門王。始終不求外寶。既各有如是家風。阿誰欠少。不可更就別人處分也。僧問。如何是法界性。師曰。汝身中有萬象。曰。如何體得。師曰。虗谷尋聲。更求本末。

Ascending the hall, he said: 'Virtuous Chan ones, if you want to discuss Chan and speak of the Way, to raise and sing the school's style — as for one's own portion, on the tip of a single hair there are countless Buddhas turning the great Dharma wheel, and within a single dust mote the jewel king's land appears. The Buddha speaks, living beings speak, mountains and rivers and the great earth all speak at once, and it has never been interrupted. Like King Vaishravana, who from beginning to end never sought treasure outside. Since each has such a family style, who is lacking? You must not go looking for it from others.' A monk asked, 'What is the nature of the Dharma realm?' The master said, 'Within your body there are the ten thousand images.' He said, 'How does one realize it?' The master said, 'In an empty valley seeking sound, you go looking further for root and branch.'

福州東禪契訥禪師

Chan Master Qine of Dongchan in Fuzhou

上堂。未曾暫失。全體現前。恁麼道亦是分外。既恁麼道不得。向兄弟前合作麼生道。莫是無道處不受道麼。莫錯會好。僧問。如何是現前三昧。師曰。何必更待道。問。己事未明。乞師指示。師曰。何不禮謝。問。如何是東禪家風。師曰。一人傳虗。萬人傳實。

Ascending the hall, he said: 'It has never been momentarily lost, and its whole body is present before you. To say this much is already going beyond one's share. Since it cannot be said this way, how should one say it before the brothers? Is it that where there is no Way one does not receive the Way? Do not misunderstand.' A monk asked, 'What is the samadhi present before one?' The master said, 'Why wait for more talk?' A monk asked, 'My own matter is not yet clear; I beg the master to instruct me.' The master said, 'Why not bow in thanks?' A monk asked, 'What is the family style of Dongchan?' The master said, 'One person transmits a falsehood, ten thousand people transmit it as truth.'

福州長慶院弘辯妙果禪師

Chan Master Miaoguo Hongbian of Changqing Monastery in Fuzhou

上堂。於座前側立曰。大眾各歸堂得也未。還會得麼。若也未會。山僧謾諸人去也。遂陞座。僧問。海眾雲臻。請師開方便門。示真實相。師曰。這箇是方便門。曰。恁麼則大眾側聆去也。師曰。空側聆作麼。

Ascending the hall, he stood sideways before the seat and said, 'Has the assembly gone back to the hall yet? Do you understand? If you still do not understand, this mountain monk will deceive you and go.' Then he mounted the seat. A monk asked, 'The sea of the assembly has gathered like clouds; please, master, open the gate of skillful means and show the mark of true reality.' The master said, 'This is the gate of skillful means.' He said, 'Then the assembly listens from the side.' The master said, 'What is the use of listening from the side?'

福州東禪院可隆了空禪師

Chan Master Liaokong Kelong of Dongchan Monastery in Fuzhou

僧問。如何是道。師曰。正是道。曰。如何是道中人。師曰。分明向汝道。上堂。大好省要。自不仙陀。若是聽響之流。不如歸堂向火。珍重。問。如何是普賢第一句。師曰。落第二句也。

A monk asked, 'What is the Way?' The master said, 'This is exactly the Way.' He said, 'Who is the person in the Way?' The master said, 'I am plainly telling you.' Ascending the hall, he said: 'It is very essential; you are simply not quick. If you are the sort who listens to echoes, better to go back to the hall and sit by the fire. Take care.' A monk asked, 'What is Samantabhadra's first phrase?' The master said, 'You have already fallen into the second phrase.'

福州仙宗院守玭禪師

Chan Master Shoupin of Xianzong Monastery in Fuzhou

久不上堂。大眾入方丈參。師曰。今夜與大眾同請假。未審還給假也無。若未聞給假。即先言者負。珍重。僧問。十二時中常在底人。還消得人天供養也無。師曰。消不得。曰。為甚麼消不得。師曰。為汝常在。曰。祇如常不在底人。還消得也無。師曰。驢年。問。請師答無賓主話。師曰。向無賓主處問將來。

He had long not ascended the hall. The assembly entered the abbot's quarters to call on him. The master said, 'Tonight I ask leave together with the assembly. I wonder whether leave will be granted or not. If you have not heard that leave is granted, then whoever speaks first is at fault. Take care.' A monk asked, 'The one who is always present through the twelve hours — does he deserve the offerings of gods and men?' The master said, 'He does not deserve them.' He said, 'Why does he not deserve them?' The master said, 'Because he is always present.' He said, 'What about one who is always absent — does he deserve them?' The master said, 'In the year of the donkey.' A monk asked, 'Please, master, answer the words without host or guest.' The master said, 'Ask it from the place without host or guest.'

撫州永安院懷烈淨悟禪師

Chan Master Jingwu Huaile of Yongan Monastery in Fuzhou

上堂顧視左右曰。患謇作麼。便歸方丈。上堂。良久曰。幸自可憐生。又被汙卻也。上堂。大眾。正是著力處。切莫容易。僧問。怡山親聞一句。請師為學人道。師曰。向後莫錯舉似人。

Ascending the hall, he looked left and right and said, 'Why act mute?' Then he returned to the abbot's quarters. Ascending the hall, after a long silence he said, 'You were pitiable enough as you were, and now you have been defiled.' Ascending the hall, he said: 'Assembly, this is exactly where you must put forth effort; by no means take it lightly.' A monk asked, 'The one phrase that Yishan heard directly — please, master, say it for the student.' The master said, 'Do not report it wrongly to others later.'

福州閩山令含禪師

Chan Master Linghan of Min Mountain in Fuzhou

上堂。還恩恩滿。賽願願圓。便歸方丈。僧問。既到妙峰頂。誰人為伴侶。師曰。到。曰。甚麼人為伴侶。師曰。吃茶去。問。明明不會。乞師指示。師曰。指示且置。作麼生是你明明底事。曰。學人不會。再乞師指。師曰。八棒十三。

Ascending the hall, he said: 'When gratitude is repaid, grace is complete; when the vow is fulfilled, the vow is rounded.' Then he returned to the abbot's quarters. A monk asked, 'Now that one has reached the summit of the Wondrous Peak, who is one's companion?' The master said, 'Reached.' He said, 'Who is the companion?' The master said, 'Go drink tea.' A monk asked, 'Plainly I do not understand; I beg the master to instruct me.' The master said, 'Instruction aside, what is the matter you plainly understand?' He said, 'The student does not understand; I beg the master to point it out again.' The master said, 'Eight blows and thirteen.'

新羅國龜山和尚

The Reverend of Guishan in the Land of Silla

有人舉裴相國啟建法會。問僧。看甚麼經。曰。無言童子經。公曰。有幾卷。曰。兩卷。公曰。既是無言。為甚麼卻有兩卷。僧無對。師代曰。若論無言。非唯兩卷。

Someone brought up how Chancellor Pei had convened a Dharma assembly and asked a monk, 'What sutra are you reading?' The monk said, 'The Sutra of the Wordless Youth.' Duke Pei said, 'How many fascicles?' He said, 'Two.' Duke Pei said, 'Since it is wordless, why are there two fascicles?' The monk had no reply. The master offered in his stead: 'If one speaks of the wordless, it is not only two fascicles.'

吉州資國院道殷禪師

Chan Master Daoyin of Ziguo Monastery in Jizhou

僧問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。普通八年遭梁怪。直至如今不得雪。問。千山萬山。如何是龍須山。師曰。千山萬山。曰。如何是山中人。師曰。對面千里。問。不落有無。請師道。師曰。汝作麼生問。

A monk asked, 'What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the west?' The master said, 'In the eighth year of Putong he met with the calamity of Liang, and to this day it has not been wiped away.' A monk asked, 'A thousand mountains and ten thousand mountains — which is Dragon Whisker Mountain?' The master said, 'A thousand mountains and ten thousand mountains.' He said, 'Who is the person in the mountain?' The master said, 'Facing you, a thousand li away.' A monk asked, 'Not falling into being or non-being, please, master, speak.' The master said, 'How do you ask it?'

福州祥光院澄靜禪師

Chan Master Chengjing of Xiangguang Monastery in Fuzhou

僧問。如何是道。師曰。長安路上。曰。向上事如何。師曰。谷聲萬籟起。松老五雲披。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。門下平章事。宮闈較幾重。

A monk asked, 'What is the Way?' The master said, 'On the road to Chang'an.' He said, 'What about the matter above?' The master said, 'The valley's sound, ten thousand murmurs rise; the pine is old, five clouds drape it.' A monk asked, 'What is the reverend master's family style?' The master said, 'A chancellor in the gate, and how many layers within the palace chambers?'

杭州報慈院從[王*(十/(罩-卓+衣))]禪師

Chan Master Congwang of Baoci Monastery in Hangzhou

福州陳氏子。僧問。承古有言。今人看古教。未免心中閙。欲免心中閙。應須看古教。如何是古教。師曰。如是我聞。曰。如何是心中閙。師曰。那畔雀兒聲。

He was a son of the Chen family of Fuzhou. A monk asked, 'There is an old saying: when people today look at the ancient teachings, their minds cannot avoid a clamor. To avoid the clamor of the mind, one should look at the ancient teachings. What are the ancient teachings?' The master said, 'Thus have I heard.' He said, 'What is the clamor of the mind?' The master said, 'The sound of sparrows over there.'

杭州龍華寺契盈廣辯周智禪師

Chan Master Zhouzhi Guangbian Qiyang of Longhua Monastery in Hangzhou

僧問。如何是龍華境。師曰。翠竹搖風。寒松鎻月。曰。如何是境中人。師曰。切莫唐突。問。如何是三世諸佛道場。師曰。莫別瞻禮。曰。恁麼則亙古亙今。師曰。是甚麼年中。

A monk asked, 'What is the realm of Longhua?' The master said, 'Green bamboo sways in the wind; the cold pine locks up the moon.' He said, 'Who is the person in the realm?' The master said, 'Above all do not be rude.' A monk asked, 'What is the Dharma seat of the Buddhas of the three ages?' The master said, 'Do not bow elsewhere.' He said, 'Then it is from ancient times to now.' The master said, 'In what year is that?'

太傅王延彬居士

The Layman Grand Tutor Wang Yanbin

一日入招慶佛殿。指缽盂問殿主。這箇是甚麼缽。主曰。藥師缽。公曰。祇聞有降龍缽。主曰。待有龍即降。公曰。忽遇拏雲㸕浪來時作麼生。主曰。他亦不顧。公曰。話墮也(玄沙曰。盡你神力。走向甚麼處去。保福曰。歸依佛．法．僧。百丈恆作覆缽勢。雲門曰。他日生天。莫孤負老僧)。長慶謂太傅曰。雪峰竪拂子示僧。其僧便出去。若據此僧。合喚轉痛與一頓。公曰。是甚麼心行。慶曰。洎合放過。公到招慶煎茶。朗上座與明招把銚。忽翻茶銚。公問。茶爐下是甚麼。朗曰。捧爐神。公曰。既是捧爐神。為甚麼翻卻茶。朗曰。事官千日。失在一朝。公拂袖便出。明招曰。朗上座吃卻招慶飯了。卻向外邊打野榸。朗曰。上座作麼生。招曰。非人得其便。

One day he entered the Buddha hall at Zhaoqing and, pointing at a bowl, asked the hall keeper, 'What bowl is this?' The hall keeper said, 'The Medicine Master's bowl.' The grand tutor said, 'I have only heard of a dragon-subduing bowl.' The hall keeper said, 'When a dragon comes, it will be subdued.' The grand tutor said, 'Suppose one comes grasping clouds and snatching waves, what then?' The hall keeper said, 'He would pay it no heed either.' The grand tutor said, 'Your words have fallen.' (Xuansha said, 'Use all your spiritual power — where will you go?' Baofu said, 'Take refuge in Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha.' Baizhang Heng made the gesture of covering a bowl. Yunmen said, 'When you are born in heaven another day, do not let this old monk down.') Changqing told the grand tutor, 'Xuefeng raised his whisk and showed it to a monk, and that monk went out. As for this monk, he should be called back and given a good beating.' The grand tutor said, 'What state of mind is that?' Changqing said, 'I nearly let it pass.' Once the grand tutor came to Zhaoqing and they were boiling tea, with Senior Lang and Mingzhao holding the kettle. Suddenly the tea kettle was overturned. The grand tutor asked, 'What is beneath the tea stove?' Lang said, 'The spirit that holds the stove.' The grand tutor said, 'Since it is the spirit that holds the stove, why did it overturn the tea?' Lang said, 'A thousand days of serving in office, and the loss comes in a single morning.' The grand tutor shook his sleeve and went out. Mingzhao said, 'Senior Lang has eaten Zhaoqing's rice and gone outside to dig wild stumps.' Lang said, 'What about you, senior?' Mingzhao said, 'A non-human got the advantage of him.'

保福展禪師法嗣

Dharma Heirs of Chan Master Zhan of Baofu

潭州延壽寺慧輪禪師

Chan Master Huilun of Yanshou Monastery in Tanzhou

僧問。寶劒未出匣時如何。師曰。不在外。曰。出匣後如何。師曰。不在內。問。如何是一色。師曰。青黃赤白。曰。大好一色。師曰。將謂無人。也有一箇半箇。

A monk asked, 'What about before the precious sword leaves its sheath?' The master said, 'It is not outside.' He said, 'What about after it leaves the sheath?' The master said, 'It is not inside.' A monk asked, 'What is one color?' The master said, 'Blue, yellow, red, white.' He said, 'Excellent, one color.' The master said, 'And I thought there was no one here; there is one or half of one.'

漳州保福可儔禪師

Chan Master Kechou of Baofu in Zhangzhou

僧問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。雲在青天水在瓶。問。如何是吹毛劒。師曰。瞥落也。曰。還用也無。師曰。莫鬼語。

A monk asked, 'What is the reverend master's family style?' The master said, 'Clouds in the blue sky, water in the bottle.' A monk asked, 'What is the hair-splitting sword?' The master said, 'It falls in a flash.' He said, 'Is it of any use?' The master said, 'Do not talk like a ghost.'