The Five Lamps Meeting at the Source, Scroll Seven
僧問。如何是西來意。師竪拂子。僧曰。莫這箇便是。師放下拂子。問。以字不成。八字不是。是甚麼字。師作圓相示之。有僧於師前作五花圓相。師畫破作一圓相。
A monk asked, 'What is the meaning of the coming from the West?' The Master raised his whisk. The monk said, 'Is this not just it?' The Master put down the whisk. Someone asked, 'The character yi is not formed, the character ba is not it. What character is it?' The Master drew a circle to show him. A monk made a five-flowered circle before the Master. The Master drew through it and made one circle.
袁州仰山東塔和尚
The Reverend of the Eastern Stupa of Yangshan in Yuanzhou
僧問。如何是君王劒。師曰。落䌫不採功。曰。用者如何。師曰。不落人手。問。法王與君王相見時如何。師曰。兩掌無私。曰。見後如何。師曰。中間絕像。
A monk asked, 'What is the king's sword?' The Master said, 'It falls on the mooring rope and takes no merit.' He said, 'What of the one who uses it?' The Master said, 'It does not fall into anyone's hands.' Someone asked, 'What is it like when the Dharma king and the king of men meet?' The Master said, 'Two palms without partiality.' He said, 'And after they meet?' The Master said, 'In between, images are cut off.'
香嚴閑禪師法嗣
Dharma Heirs of Chan Master Xian of Xiangyan
吉州止觀和尚
The Reverend of Zhiguan in Jizhou
僧問。如何是毗盧師。師攔胷與一拓。問。如何是頓。師曰。非梁陳。
A monk asked, 'What is Vairocana's teacher?' The Master gave him a push in the chest. Someone asked, 'What is sudden?' The Master said, 'Not Liang or Chen.'
壽州紹宗禪師
Chan Master Shaozong of Shouzhou
僧問。如何是西來意。師曰。好事不出門。惡事行千里。有官人謂師曰。見說江西不立宗。師曰。遇緣即立。曰。遇緣立箇甚麼。師曰。江西不立宗。
A monk asked, 'What is the meaning of the coming from the West?' The Master said, 'Good news does not leave the house; bad news travels a thousand li.' An official said to the Master, 'I hear Jiangxi does not set up a school.' The Master said, 'Meeting a condition, it sets one up.' He said, 'What does it set up when it meets a condition?' The Master said, 'Jiangxi does not set up a school.'
益州南禪無染禪師
Chan Master Wuran of Nanchan in Yizhou
僧問。無句之句。師還答也無。師曰。從來祇明恁麼事。曰。畢竟如何。師曰。且問看。
A monk asked, 'The phrase without phrases — does the Master still answer it or not?' The Master said, 'I have always only illuminated just this matter.' He said, 'After all, what then?' The Master said, 'Ask and see.'
益州長平山和尚
The Reverend of Changping Mountain in Yizhou
僧問。視瞬不及處如何。師曰。我眨眼也沒工夫。問。如何是祖師意。師曰。西天來。唐土去。
A monk asked, 'What of the place the gaze and blink cannot reach?' The Master said, 'I have no time even to blink.' Someone asked, 'What is the Ancestor's intent?' The Master said, 'Coming from the Western Heaven, going to the land of Tang.'
益州崇福演教禪師
Chan Master Yanjiao of Chongfu in Yizhou
僧問。如何是寬廓之言。師曰。無口得道。問。如何是西來意。師曰。今日明日。
A monk asked, 'What is the word of broad expanse?' The Master said, 'Reaching the Way without a mouth.' Someone asked, 'What is the meaning of the coming from the West?' The Master said, 'Today and tomorrow.'
安州大安山清幹禪師
Chan Master Qinggan of Da'an Mountain in Anzhou
僧問。從上諸聖。從何而證。師乃斫額。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。羊頭車子推明月。
A monk asked, 'From what did the sages above attest?' The Master then chopped at his own forehead. Someone asked, 'What is the Ancestor's meaning of the coming from the West?' The Master said, 'A sheep-headed cart pushes the bright moon.'
終南山豐德寺和尚
The Reverend of Fengde Monastery on Mount Zhongnan
僧問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。觸事面牆。問。如何是本來事。師曰。終不更問人。
A monk asked, 'What is the Reverend's family style?' The Master said, 'Meeting affairs, facing the wall.' Someone asked, 'What is the original matter?' The Master said, 'I will never again ask another.'
均州武當山佛巖喗禪師
Chan Master Hui of the Buddha Rock on Wudang Mountain in Junzhou
僧問。某甲頃年有疾。又中毒藥。請師醫。師曰。二宜湯一椀。問。如何是佛向上事。曰。螺髻子。曰。如何是佛向下事。師曰。蓮華座。
A monk asked, 'I had an illness some years ago and was also poisoned; I beg the Master to cure me.' The Master said, 'One bowl of two-appropriate decoction.' Someone asked, 'What is the matter above the Buddha?' He said, 'The snail-shell topknot.' He said, 'What is the matter below the Buddha?' The Master said, 'The lotus seat.'
江州廬山雙谿田道者
The Daoist Tian of Shuangxi in Mount Lu, Jiangzhou
僧問。如何是啐啄之機。師以手作啄勢。問。如何是西來意。師曰。甚麼處得箇問頭來。
A monk asked, 'What is the mechanism of sipping and pecking?' The Master made the gesture of pecking with his hand. Someone asked, 'What is the meaning of the coming from the West?' The Master said, 'Where did you get that question?'
徑山諲禪師法嗣
Dharma Heirs of Chan Master Yin of Jingshan
洪州米嶺和尚
The Reverend of Miling in Hongzhou
常語曰。莫過於此。僧問。未審是甚麼莫過於此。師曰。不出是。僧後問長慶。為甚麼不出是。慶曰。汝擬喚作甚麼。
He often said, 'Nothing surpasses this.' A monk asked, 'I wonder what it is that nothing surpasses?' The Master said, 'Not going out is it.' The monk later asked Changqing, 'Why is it that not going out is it?' Changqing said, 'What would you call it?'
雙峰和尚法嗣
Dharma Heirs of the Reverend of Shuangfeng
福州雙峰古禪師
Chan Master Gu of Shuangfeng in Fuzhou
本業講經。因參先雙峰。峰問。大德甚麼處住。曰。城裡。峰曰。尋常還思老僧否。問。常思和尚。無由禮覲。峰曰。祇這思底便是大德。師從此領旨。即罷講席。侍奉數年。後到石霜。但隨眾而已。更不參請。眾謂古侍者嘗受雙峰印記。往往聞於石霜。霜欲詰其所悟。而未得其便。師因辭去。霜將拂子送出門首。召曰。古侍者。師回首。霜曰。擬著即差。是著即乖。不擬不是。亦莫作箇會。除非知有莫能知之。好去。好去。師應喏喏。即前邁。尋屬雙峰示寂。師乃繼續住持。僧問。和尚當時辭石霜。石霜恁麼道意作麼生。師曰。祇教我不著是非(玄覺雲。且道他會石霜意不會)。
He originally made his living lecturing on the scriptures. Then he went to consult the late Shuangfeng. Shuangfeng asked: 'Where do you live, Virtuous One?' He said: 'In the city.' Shuangfeng said: 'Do you usually think of this old monk?' He said: 'I always think of you, Master, but I have no way to come and pay my respects.' Shuangfeng said: 'Just that thinking is you, Virtuous One.' From this the master received the meaning, and at once gave up his lecture seat and served him for several years. Later he went to Shishuang and did nothing but follow the assembly, making no further inquiries. The assembly said that the elder Gu had once received Shuangfeng's seal, and word of this often reached Shishuang. Shishuang wanted to question him about what he had awakened to, but had not yet found an occasion. Then the master took his leave. Shishuang took his fly whisk and escorted him to the gate, called out: 'Elder Gu!' The master turned his head. Shishuang said: 'As soon as you intend it, you err; as soon as you fix on it, you go astray. Not intending and not not-intending, do not make an understanding of it either. Unless you know that it is, none can know it. Farewell, farewell.' The master answered, 'Yes, yes,' and went on his way. Soon after, when Shuangfeng passed away, the master continued as abbot in his place. A monk asked: 'When the Master took leave of Shishuang then, what was the meaning of Shishuang's speaking like that?' The master said: 'He was only teaching me not to fix on right and wrong.' (Xuanjue said: 'Tell me, did he understand Shishuang's meaning or not?')
南嶽下六世
The sixth generation below Nanyue
西塔穆禪師法嗣
Dharma heirs of Chan Master Xita Mu
吉州資福如寶禪師
Chan Master Zifu Rubao of Jizhou
僧問。如何是應機之句。師默然。問。如何是玄旨。師曰。汝與我掩卻門。問。魯祖面壁。意作麼生。師曰。沒交涉。問。如何是從上真正眼。師槌𮌎曰。蒼天。蒼天。曰。借問有何妨。師曰。困。問。這箇還受學也無。師曰。未曾钁地栽虗空。問。如何是衲僧急切處。師曰。不過此。問曰。學人未問已前。請師道。師曰。噫。問。如何是一塵入正受。師作入定勢。曰。如何是諸塵三昧起。師曰。汝問阿誰。問。如何是一路涅槃門。師彈指一聲。又展開兩手。曰。如何領會。師曰。不是秋月明。子自橫行八九。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。飯後三椀茶。師一日拈起蒲團。示眾曰。諸佛菩薩。入理聖人。皆從這裡出。便擲下。擘開胷曰。作麼生。眾無對。問。學人創入叢林。一夏將末。未蒙和尚指教。願垂提拯。師拓開曰。老僧住持已來。未曾瞎卻一人眼。師有時坐良久。周視左右曰。會麼。眾曰。不會。師曰。不會即謾汝去也。師一日將蒲團於頭上。曰。汝諸人恁麼時難共語。眾無對。師將坐。卻曰。猶較些子。
A monk asked: 'What is the phrase that responds to the occasion?' The master was silent. The monk asked: 'What is the profound purport?' The master said: 'Shut the door for me.' The monk asked: 'What is the meaning of Luzu facing the wall?' The master said: 'No connection.' The monk asked: 'What is the true eye from the first?' The master pounded his chest and said: 'O heavens, O heavens!' The monk said: 'What harm is there in asking?' The master said: 'I am tired.' The monk asked: 'Does this also admit of study?' The master said: 'I have never hoed the ground to plant empty space.' The monk asked: 'What is the pressing point for a patch-robed monk?' The master said: 'It does not go beyond this.' The monk asked: 'Before this student asks, please, Master, speak.' The master said: 'Oh.' The monk asked: 'What is it when one mote enters right absorption?' The master made the posture of entering samadhi. The monk said: 'What is it when the samadhi of all motes arises?' The master said: 'Whom are you asking?' The monk asked: 'What is the single road to nirvana?' The master snapped his fingers once and then opened both hands. The monk said: 'How is one to understand it?' The master said: 'It is not the bright autumn moon; you of yourself strut about eight or nine.' The monk asked: 'What is the Master's family style?' The master said: 'Three bowls of tea after the meal.' One day the master picked up his sitting cushion, showed it to the assembly and said: 'All buddhas and bodhisattvas, all sages who enter the principle, come forth from right here.' Then he threw it down, opened his chest and said: 'What is it?' The assembly had no reply. A monk asked: 'This student has newly entered the monastery, and the summer retreat is nearly over, yet he has not received the Master's instruction. I beg you to extend your hand and rescue me.' The master pushed him away and said: 'Since I took up the abbacy, I have never blinded a single person's eye.' Sometimes the master would sit for a long while, look all around, and say: 'Do you understand?' The assembly would say: 'We do not understand.' The master said: 'If you do not understand, then I have deceived you.' One day the master put his sitting cushion on his head and said: 'When you people are like this, it is hard to speak with you.' The assembly had no reply. The master was about to sit down, then said: 'Still a bit better.'
南塔湧禪師法嗣
Dharma heirs of Chan Master Nanta Yong
郢州芭蕉山慧清禪師
Chan Master Bajiao Shan Huiqing of Yingzhou
新羅國人也。上堂。拈拄杖示眾曰。你有拄杖子。我與你拄杖子。你無拄杖子。我奪卻你拄杖子。靠拄杖下座。僧問。如何是芭蕉水。師曰。冬溫夏涼。問。如何是吹毛劒。師曰。進前三步。曰。用者如何。師曰。退後三步。問。如何是和尚為人一句。師曰。祇恐闍黎不問。上堂。會麼。相悉者少。珍重。問。不語有問時如何。師曰。未出三門千里程。問。如何是自己。師曰。望南看北斗。問。光境俱亡。復是何物。師曰。知。曰。知箇甚麼。師曰。建州九郎。上堂。如人行次。忽遇前面萬丈深坑。背後野火來逼。兩畔是荊棘叢林。若也向前。則墮在坑壍。若也退後。則野火燒身。若也轉側。則被荊棘林礙。當與麼時。作麼生免得。若也免得。合有出身之路。若免不得。墮身死漢。問。如何是提婆宗。師曰。赤幡在左。問僧。近離甚處。僧曰。請師試道看。師曰。將謂是舶上商人。元來是當州小客。問。不問二頭三首。請師直指本來面目。師默然正坐。問。賊來須打。客來須看。忽遇客賊俱來時如何。師曰。屋裡有一緉破草鞋。曰。祇如破草鞋。還堪受用也無。師曰。汝若將去。前兇後不吉。問。北斗藏身。意旨如何。師曰。九九八十一。乃曰。會麼。曰。不會。師曰。一二三四五。師謂眾曰。我年二十八。到仰山參見南塔。見上堂曰。汝等諸人。若是箇漢。從孃肚裡出來便作師子吼。好麼。我於言下歇得身心。便住五載。僧問。古佛未出興時如何。師曰。千年茄子根。曰。出興後如何。師曰。金剛努出眼。上堂。良久曰。也大相辱。珍重。問。如何是祖師意。師曰。汝問那箇祖師意。曰。達磨西來意。師曰。獨自棲棲暗渡江。問。牛頭未見四祖時如何。師曰。知。曰。見後如何。師曰。知。問。甚麼物無兩頭。甚麼物無背面。師曰。我身無兩頭。我語無背面。問。如何是透法身句。師曰。一不得問。
He was a man of the kingdom of Silla. He mounted the hall. He picked up his staff, showed it to the assembly and said: 'If you have a staff, I give you a staff. If you have no staff, I take away your staff.' Then he leaned on the staff and descended from the seat. A monk asked: 'What is the water of Bajiao?' The master said: 'Warm in winter, cool in summer.' The monk asked: 'What is the hair-splitting sword?' The master said: 'Step forward three paces.' The monk said: 'What of the one who uses it?' The master said: 'Step back three paces.' The monk asked: 'What is the one phrase with which the Master acts for others?' The master said: 'I only fear that you, Acharya, will not ask.' He mounted the hall: 'Do you understand? Few are those who know each other intimately. Take care.' A monk asked: 'What of when one does not speak yet there is a question?' The master said: 'Before leaving the three gates, a thousand miles of road.' The monk asked: 'What is one's own self?' The master said: 'Look south and see the north star.' The monk asked: 'When light and its objects are both gone, what is there then?' The master said: 'Knowing.' The monk said: 'Knowing what?' The master said: 'Jiu Lang of Jianzhou.' He mounted the hall: 'Suppose a man is walking along and suddenly before him is a ten-thousand-fathom pit, behind him a wildfire pressing close, and on both sides a jungle of thorns. If he goes forward, he falls into the pit. If he goes back, the wildfire burns him. If he turns aside, the thorny jungle blocks him. At such a moment, how does he escape? If he can escape, there should be a road out for him. If he cannot escape, he is a dead man who has lost his body.' A monk asked: 'What is the teaching of Aryadeva?' The master said: 'The red banner is on the left.' He asked a monk: 'Where have you recently come from?' The monk said: 'Please, Master, try to say.' The master said: 'I thought you were a merchant off a ship; it turns out you are a small trader of this prefecture.' A monk asked: 'Without asking about two heads and three faces, please, Master, point directly to the original face.' The master sat silently upright. A monk asked: 'When a thief comes he must be beaten; when a guest comes he must be looked after. What if a guest and a thief arrive together?' The master said: 'In the house there is a pair of worn straw sandals.' The monk said: 'As for that pair of worn straw sandals, are they still fit for use?' The master said: 'If you take them away, ill fortune before and no luck after.' The monk asked: 'What is the meaning of the north star hiding its body?' The master said: 'Nine times nine is eighty-one.' Then he said: 'Do you understand?' The monk said: 'No.' The master said: 'One, two, three, four, five.' The master said to the assembly: 'At the age of twenty-eight I went to Mount Yang to pay my respects to Nanta. I saw him mount the hall and say: "If you people are real men, then as soon as you come out of your mother's belly you should roar the lion's roar. Would that not be fine?" At those words my body and mind came to rest, and I stayed there five years.' A monk asked: 'What of the time before the ancient buddha appeared in the world?' The master said: 'A thousand-year-old eggplant root.' The monk said: 'What of after he appeared?' The master said: 'A vajra glaring out its eyes.' He mounted the hall. After a long silence he said: 'This is a great insult to you all. Take care.' A monk asked: 'What is the meaning of the patriarchs?' The master said: 'Which patriarch's meaning are you asking about?' The monk said: 'Bodhidharma's meaning in coming from the west.' The master said: 'Alone and restless, he crossed the river in secret.' The monk asked: 'What of when Niutou had not yet met the Fourth Patriarch?' The master said: 'Knowing.' The monk said: 'What of after meeting him?' The master said: 'Knowing.' The monk asked: 'What thing has no two ends? What thing has no front or back?' The master said: 'My body has no two ends; my words have no front or back.' The monk asked: 'What is the phrase that penetrates the dharma body?' The master said: 'First, you must not ask;
二不得休。曰。學人不會。師曰。第三度來。與汝相見。
(The master continued:) 'Second, you must not stop.' The monk said: 'This student does not understand.' The master said: 'Come a third time, and I will meet you.'