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The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk

偈曰。子時當正位。明正在君臣。未離兜率界。烏雞雪上行。◉偈曰。𦦨裡寒冰結。楊花九月飛。泥牛吼水面。木馬逐風嘶。○偈曰。王宮初降日。玉兔不能離。未得無功旨。人天何太遲。●偈曰。渾然藏理事。眹兆卒難明。威音王未曉。彌勒豈惺惺。稠布衲問。披毛帶角是甚麼墮。師曰。是類墮。曰。不斷聲色是甚麼墮。師曰。是隨墮。曰。不受食是甚麼墮。師曰。是尊貴墮。乃曰。食者即是本分事。知有不取。故曰尊貴墮。若執初心。知有自己及聖位。故曰類墮。若初心知有己事。回光之時。擯卻色聲香味觸法。得寧謐即成功勳。後卻不執六塵等事。隨分而昧。任之則礙。所以外道六師。是汝之師。彼師所墮。汝亦隨墮。乃可取食。食者即是正命食也。亦是就六根門頭。見聞覺知。祇是不被他染汙將為墮。且不是同向前均他。本分事尚不取。豈況其餘事邪。師凡言墮。謂混不得．類不齊。凡言初心者。所謂悟了同未悟耳。師作四禁偈曰。莫行心處路。不掛本來衣。何須正恁麼。切忌未生時。僧問。學人通身是病。請師醫。師曰。不醫。曰。為甚麼不醫。師曰。教汝求生不得。求死不得。問。沙門豈不是具大慈悲底人。師曰。是。曰。忽遇六賊來時如何。師曰。亦須具大慈悲。曰。如何具大慈悲。師曰。一劒揮盡。曰。盡後如何。師曰。始得和同。問。五位對賓時如何。師曰。汝即今問那箇位。曰。某甲從偏位中來。請師向正位中接。師曰。不接。曰。為甚麼不接。師曰。恐落偏位中去。師卻問僧。祇如不接是對賓。是不對賓。曰。早是對賓了也。師曰。如是。如是。問。萬法從何而生。師曰。從顛倒生。曰。不顛倒時萬法何在。師曰。在。曰。在甚麼處。師曰。顛倒作麼。問。不萌之草為甚麼能藏香象。師曰。闍黎幸是作家。又是曹山作麼。問。三界擾擾。六趣昏昏。如何辨色。師曰。不辨色。曰。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or

為甚麼不辨色。師曰。若辨色即昬也。師聞鐘聲。乃曰。阿㖿。阿㖿。僧問。和尚作甚麼。師曰。打著我心。僧無對(五祖戒代雲。作賊人心虛)。問。維那甚處來。曰。牽醋槽去來。師曰。或到險處。又作麼生牽。那無對(雲居代雲。正好著力。疎山代雲。切須放卻始得)。問金峰志曰。作甚麼來。曰。蓋屋來。師曰。了也未。曰。這邊則了。師曰。那邊事作麼生。曰。候下工日白和尚。師曰。如是。如是。師一日入僧堂向火。有僧曰。今日好寒。師曰。須知有不寒者。曰。誰是不寒者。師筴火示之。僧曰。莫道無人好。師拋下火。僧曰。某甲到這裡卻不會。師曰。日照寒潭明更明。問。不與萬法為侶者是甚麼人。師曰。汝道洪州城裡如許多人。甚麼處去。問。眉與目還相識也無。師曰。不相識。曰。為甚麼不相識。師曰。為同在一處。曰。恁麼則不分去也。師曰。眉且不是目。曰。如何是目。師曰。端的去。曰。如何是眉。師曰。曹山卻疑。曰。和尚為甚麼卻疑。師曰。若不疑。即端的去也。問。如何是無刃劒。師曰。非淬鍊所成。曰。用者如何。師曰。逢者皆喪。曰。不逢者如何。師曰。亦須頭落。曰。逢者皆喪則固是。不逢者為甚麼頭落。師曰。不見道能盡一切。曰。盡後如何。師曰。方知有此劒。問。於相何真。師曰。即相即真。曰。當何顯示。師竪起拂子。問。幻本何真。師曰。幻本元真(法眼別雲。幻本不真)。曰。當幻何顯。師曰。即幻即顯(法眼別雲。幻即無當)。曰。恁麼則始終不離於幻也。師曰。覓幻相不可得。問。即心即佛即不問。如何是非心非佛。師曰。兔角不用無。牛角不用有。問。如何是常在底人。師曰。恰遇曹山暫出。曰。如何是常不在底人。師曰。難得。僧問。清稅孤貧。乞師賑濟。師召稅闍黎。稅應諾。師曰。清原白家酒三盞。吃了猶道未沾唇(玄覺雲。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a b

甚麼處是與他酒吃)。問。擬豈不是類。師曰。直是不擬亦是類。曰。如何是異。師曰。莫不識痛癢好。鏡清問。清虗之理。畢竟無身時如何。師曰。理即如此。事作麼生。曰。如理如事。師曰。謾曹山一人即得。爭奈諸聖眼何。曰。若無諸聖眼。爭鑑得箇不恁麼。師曰。官不容針。私通車馬。雲門問。不改易底人來。師還接否。師曰。曹山無恁麼閑工夫。問。人人盡有弟子在塵中。師還有否。師曰。過手來。其僧過手。師點曰。一二三四五六足。問。魯祖面壁。用表何事。師以手掩耳。問。承古有言。未有一人倒地。不因地而起。如何是倒。師曰。肯即是。曰。如何是起。師曰。起也。問。子歸就父。為甚麼父全不顧。師曰。理合如是。曰。父子之恩何在。師曰。始成父子之恩。曰。如何是父子之恩。師曰。刀斧斫不開。問。靈衣不掛時如何。師曰。曹山孝滿。曰。孝滿後如何。師曰。曹山好顛酒。問。教中道。大海不宿死屍。如何是大海。師曰。包含萬有者。曰。既是包含萬有。為甚麼不宿死屍。師曰。絕氣息者不著。曰。既是包含萬有。為甚麼絕氣息者不著。師曰。萬有非其功。絕氣息者有其德。曰。向上還有事也無。師曰。道有道無即得。爭奈龍王按劒何。問。具何知解。善能問難。師曰。不呈句。曰。問難箇甚麼。師曰。刀斧斫不入。曰。恁麼問難。還有不肯者麼。師曰。有。曰。是誰。師曰。曹山。問。世間甚麼物最貴。師曰。死貓兒頭最貴。曰。為甚麼死貓兒頭最貴。師曰。無人著價。問。無言如何顯。師曰。莫向這裡顯。曰。甚麼處顯。師曰。昨夜床頭失卻三文錢。問。日未出時如何。師曰。曹山也曾恁麼來。曰。出後如何。師曰。猶較曹山半月程。問僧。作甚麼。曰。掃地。師曰。佛前掃。佛後掃。曰。前後一時掃。師曰。與曹山過靸鞋來。僧問。抱璞投師。請師雕琢。師曰。不雕琢。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he

曰。為甚麼不雕琢。師曰。須知曹山好手。問。如何是曹山眷屬。師曰。白髮連頭戴。頂上一枝花。問。古德道。盡大地唯有此人。未審是甚麼人。師曰。不可有第二月也。曰。如何是第二月。師曰。也要老兄定當。曰。作麼生是第一月。師曰。險。師問德上座。菩薩在定。聞香象渡河。出甚麼經。曰。出涅槃經。師曰。定前聞。定後聞。曰。和尚流也。師曰。道也太煞道。祇道得一半。曰。和尚如何。師曰。灘下接取。問。學人十二時中。如何保任。師曰。如經蠱毒之鄉。水也不得沾著一滴。問。如何是法身主。師曰。謂秦無人。曰。這箇莫便是否。師曰。斬。問。親何道伴。即得常聞於未聞。師曰。同共一被蓋。曰。此猶是和尚得聞。如何是常聞於未聞。師曰。不同於木石。曰。何者在先。何者在後。師曰。不見道常聞於未聞。問。國內按劒者是誰。師曰。曹山(法燈別雲。汝不是恁麼人)。曰。擬殺何人。師曰。一切總殺。曰。忽逢本生父母又作麼生。師曰。揀甚麼。曰。爭奈自己何。師曰。誰奈我何。曰。何不自殺。師曰。無下手處。問。一牛飲水。五馬不嘶時如何。師曰。曹山解忌口。問。常在生死海中沉沒者。是甚麼人。師曰。第二月。曰。還求出也無。師曰。也求出。祇是無路。曰。未審甚麼人接得伊。師曰。擔鐵枷者。問。雪覆千山。為甚麼孤峰不白。師曰。須知有異中異。曰。如何是異中異。師曰。不墮諸山色。紙衣道者來參。師問。莫是紙衣道者否。者曰。不敢。師曰。如何是紙衣下事。者曰。一裘才掛體。萬法悉皆如。師曰。如何是紙衣下用。者近前應諾。便立脫。師曰。汝祇解恁麼去。何不解恁麼來。者忽開眼。問曰。一靈真性。不假胞胎時如何。師曰。未是妙。者曰。如何是妙。師曰。不借借。者珍重便化。師示頌曰。覺性圓明無相身。莫將知見妄踈親。念異便於玄體昧。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; w

心差不與道為鄰。情分萬法沉前境。識鑒多端喪本真。如是句中全曉會。瞭然無事昔時人。問強上座曰。佛真法身。猶若虗空。應物現形。如水中月。作麼生說箇應底道理。曰。如驢覷井。師曰。道則太煞道。祇道得八成。曰。和尚又如何。師曰。如井覷驢。僧舉。藥山問僧。年多少。曰。七十二。山曰。是七十二那。曰。是。山便打。此意如何。師曰。前箭猶似可。後箭射人深。曰。如何免得此棒。師曰。王勑既行。諸𬾃避道。問。如何是佛法大意。師曰。填溝塞壑。問。如何是師子。師曰。眾獸近不得。曰。如何是師子兒。師曰。能吞父母者。曰。既是眾獸近不得。為甚麼卻被兒吞。師曰。豈不見道。子若哮吼。祖父俱盡。曰。盡後如何。師曰。全身歸父。曰。未審祖盡時父歸何所。師曰。所亦盡。曰。前來為甚麼道全身歸父。師曰。譬如王子。能成一國之事。又曰。闍黎。此事不得孤滯。直須枯木上更撒些子華。雲門問。如何是沙門行。師曰。吃常住苗稼者是。曰。便恁麼去時如何。師曰。你還畜得麼。曰。畜得。師曰。你作麼生畜。曰。著衣吃飯有甚麼難。師曰。何不道披毛戴角。門便禮拜。陸亙大夫問南泉。姓甚麼。泉曰。姓王。曰。王還有眷屬也無。泉曰。四臣不昧。曰。王居何位。泉曰。玉殿苔生。後僧舉問師。玉殿苔生。意旨如何。師曰。不居正位。曰。八方來朝時如何。師曰。他不受禮。曰。何用來朝。師曰。違則斬。曰。違是臣分上。未審君意如何。師曰。樞密不得旨。曰。恁麼則爕理之功。全歸臣相也。師曰。你還知君意麼。曰。外方不敢論量。師曰。如是。如是。問。才有是非。紛然失心時如何。師曰。斬。僧問香嚴。如何是道。嚴曰。枯木裡龍吟。曰。如何是道中人。嚴曰。髑髏裡眼睛(玄沙別雲。龍藏枯木)。僧不領。乃問石霜。如何是枯木裡龍吟。霜曰。猶帶喜在。曰。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he d

如何是髑髏裡眼睛。霜曰。猶帶識在。又不領。乃問師。如何是枯木裡龍吟。師曰。血脈不斷。曰。如何是髑髏裡眼睛。師曰。乾不盡。曰。未審還有得聞者麼。師曰。盡大地未有一人不聞。曰。未審枯木裡龍吟是何章句。師曰。不知是何章句。聞者皆喪。遂示偈曰。枯木龍吟真見道。髑髏無識眼初明。喜識盡時消息盡。當人那辨濁中清。問。朗月當空時如何。師曰。猶是堦下漢。曰。請師接上堦。師曰。月落後來相見。師尋常應機。曾無軌轍。於天復辛酉夏夜。問知事曰。今日是幾何日月。曰。六月十五。師曰。曹山平生行腳到處。祇管九十日為一夏。明日辰時行腳去。及時。焚香宴坐而化。閱世六十二。臘三十七。葬全身於山之西阿。諡元證禪師。塔曰福圓。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This

洪州雲居道膺禪師

The master records a Chan encounter and

幽州玉田王氏子。童丱出家於範陽延壽寺。二十五成大僧。其師令習聲聞。篇聚非其好。棄之。遊方至翠微問道。會有僧自豫章來。盛稱洞山法席。師遂造焉。山問。甚處來。師曰。翠微來。山曰。翠微有何言句示徒。師曰。翠微供養羅漢。某甲問。供養羅漢。羅漢還來否。微曰。你每日噇箇甚麼。山曰。實有此語否。師曰。有。山曰。不虗參見作家來。山問。汝名甚麼。師曰。道膺。山曰。向上更道。師曰。向上即不名道膺。山曰。與老僧祗對道吾底語一般。師問。如何是祖師意。山曰。闍黎。他後有把茅蓋頭。忽有人問。如何祇對。師曰。道膺罪過。山謂師曰。吾聞思大和尚生倭國作王。是否。師曰。若是思大。佛亦不作。山然之。山問師。甚處去來。師曰。蹋山來。山曰。那箇山堪住。師曰。那箇山不堪住。山曰。恁麼則國內總被闍黎占卻。師曰。不然。山曰。恁麼則子得箇入路。師曰。無路。山曰。若無路。爭得與老僧相見。師曰。若有路。即與和尚隔山(山或作生)去也。山乃曰。此子已後。千人萬人把不住去在。師隨洞山渡水次。山問。水深多少。師曰。不濕。山曰。麤人。師曰。請師道。山曰。不乾。南泉問僧。講甚麼經。曰。彌勒下生經。泉曰。彌勒幾時下生。曰。見在天宮。當來下生。泉曰。天上無彌勒。地下無彌勒。師問洞山。天上無彌勒。地下無彌勒。未審誰與安名。山被問直得禪床震動。乃曰。膺闍黎。吾在雲巖曾問老人。直得火爐震動。今日被子一問。直得通身汗流。師後結庵於三峰。經旬不赴堂。山問。子近日何不赴齋。師曰。每日自有天神送食。山曰。我將謂汝是箇人。猶作這箇見解在。汝晚間來。師晚至。山召。膺庵主。師應諾。山曰。不思善。不思惡。是甚麼。師回庵。寂然宴坐。天神自此竟尋不見。如是三日乃絕。山問師。作甚麼。師曰。合醬。山曰。用多少鹽。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, t

師曰。旋入。山曰。作何滋味。師曰。得。山問。大闡提人作五逆罪。孝養何在。師曰。始成孝養。自爾洞山許為室中領袖。初止三峰。其化未廣。後開法雲居。四眾臻萃。上堂。舉先師道。地獄未是苦。向此衣線下不明大事。卻是最苦。師曰。汝等既在這箇行流。十分去九。不較多也更著些子精彩。便是上座不屈平生行腳。不孤負叢林。古人道。欲得保任此事。須向高高山頂立。深深海底行。方有些子氣息。汝若大事未辦。且須履踐玄途。上堂。得者不輕微。明者不賤用。識者不諮嗟。解者無厭惡。從天降下則貧窮。從地湧出則富貴。門裡出身易。身裡出門難。動則埋身千丈。不動則當處生苗。一言迥脫。獨拔當時。言語不要多。多則無用處。僧問。如何是從天降下則貧窮。師曰。不貴得。曰。如何是從地湧出則富貴。師曰。無中忽有。劉禹端公問。雨從何來。師曰。從端公問處來。公歡喜讚歎。師卻問公。雨從何來。公無語(有老宿代雲。適來道甚麼。歸宗柔別雲。謝和尚再三)。問。如何是沙門所重。師曰。心識不到處。問。佛與祖還有階級否。師曰。俱在階級。問。如何是西來意。師曰。古路不逢人。問。如何是一法。師曰。如何是萬法。曰。未審如何領會。師曰。一法是你本心。萬法是你本性。且道心與性。是一是二。僧禮拜。師示頌曰。一法諸法宗。萬法一法通。唯心與唯性。不說異兼同。問。如何是口訣。師曰。近前來。僧近前。師擲拂子曰。會麼。曰。不會。師曰。趂雀兒也不會。僧問。有人衣錦繡入來見和尚。後為甚寸絲不掛。師曰。直得瑠璃殿上行。撲倒也須粉碎。問。馬祖出八十四人善知識。未審和尚出多少人。師展手示之。問。如何是向上人行履處。師曰。天下太平。問。遊子歸家時如何。師曰。且喜歸來。曰。將何奉獻。師曰。朝打三千。暮打八百。問。如何是諸佛師。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands

師喝曰。這田庫兒。僧禮拜。師曰。你作麼生會。僧喝曰。這老和尚。師曰。元來不會。僧作舞出去。師曰。㳂臺盤乞兒。師曾令侍者送袴與一住庵道者。道者曰。自有孃生袴。竟不受。師再令侍者問。孃未生時著箇甚麼。道者無語。後遷化有舍利。持似於師。師曰。直饒得八斛四斗。不如當時下得一轉語好。師在洞山作務。悞剗殺蚯蚓。山曰。這箇聻。師曰。他不死。山曰。二祖往鄴都。又作麼生。師不對。後有僧問。和尚在洞山剗殺蚯蚓因緣。和尚豈不是無語。師曰。當時有語。祇是無人證明。問。山河大地從何而有。師曰。從妄想有。曰。與某甲想出一鋌金得麼。師便休去。僧不肯。師問雪峰。門外雪消也未。曰。一片也無。消箇甚麼。師曰。消也。僧問。一時包裹時如何。師曰。旋風千匝。上堂。如人將三貫錢買箇獵狗。祇解尋得有蹤跡底。忽遇羚羊掛角。莫道蹤跡。氣息也無。僧問。羚羊掛角時如何。師曰。六六三十六。曰。掛角後如何。師曰。六六三十六。僧禮拜。師曰。會麼。曰。不會。師曰。不見道無蹤跡。其僧舉似趙州。州曰。雲居師兄猶在。僧便問。羚羊掛角時如何。州曰。九九八十一。曰。掛角後如何。州曰。九九八十一。曰。得恁麼難會。州曰。有甚麼難會。曰。請和尚指示。州曰。新羅。新羅。又問長慶。羚羊掛角時如何。慶曰。草裡漢。曰。掛後如何。慶曰。亂呌喚。曰。畢竟如何。慶曰。驢事未去。馬事到來。眾僧夜參。侍者持燈來。影在壁上。僧見便問。兩箇相似時如何。師曰。一箇是影。問。學人擬欲歸鄉時如何。師曰。祇這是。新羅僧問。佛陀波利見文殊。為甚卻回去。師曰。祇為不將來。所以卻回去。問。如何是佛。師曰。讚歎不及。曰。莫祇這便是否。師曰。不勞讚歎。問。教中道是人先世罪業。應墮惡道。以今世人輕賤故。此意如何。師曰。動則應墮惡道。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange e

靜則為人輕賤(崇壽稠別雲。心外有法。應墮惡道。守住自己。為人輕賤)。問。香積飯甚麼人得吃。師曰。須知得吃底人入口也須抉出。有僧在房內念經。師隔窓問。闍黎念者是甚麼經。僧曰。維摩經。師曰。不問維摩經。念者是甚麼經。其僧從此得入。上堂。孤迥迥。峭巍巍。僧出問曰。某甲不會。師曰。面前案山子也不會。新羅僧問。是甚麼得恁麼難道。師曰。有甚麼難道。曰。便請和尚道。師曰。新羅。新羅。問。明眼人為甚麼黑如漆。師曰。何怪。荊南節度使成汭入山設供。問曰。世尊有密語。迦葉不覆藏。如何是世尊密語。師召尚書。書應諾。師曰。會麼。書曰。不會。師曰。汝若不會。世尊有密語。汝若會。迦葉不覆藏。僧問。才生為甚麼不知有。師曰。不同生。曰。未生時如何。師曰。不曾滅。曰。未生時在甚麼處。師曰。有處不收。曰。甚麼人不受滅。師曰。是滅不得者。上堂。僧家發言吐氣。須有來由。莫將等閑。這裡是甚麼所在。爭受容易。凡問箇事。也須識些子好惡。若不識尊卑良賤。不知觸犯。信口亂道。也無利益。傍家行腳。到處覓相似語。所以尋常向兄弟道。莫怪不相似。恐同學太多去。第一莫將來。將來不相似。言語也須看前頭。八十老人入場屋。不是小兒嬉。不是因循事。一言參差即千里萬裡。難為取攝。蓋為學處不著力。敲骨打髓。須有來由。言語如鉗如夾。如鉤如鎻。須教相續不斷。始得頭頭上具。物物上明。豈不是得妙底事。一種學大須子細研窮。直須諦當的的無差。到這裡有甚麼䠄跣處。有甚麼擬議處。向去底人常須慘悚戢翼始得。若是知有底人自解護惜。終不取次。十度發言。九度休去。為甚麼如此。恐怕無利益。體得底人。心如臘月扇子。直得口邊醭出。不是強為。任運如此。欲得恁麼事。須是恁麼人。既是恁麼人。不愁恁麼事。恁麼事即難得。上堂。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against cl

汝等諸人。直饒學得佛邊事。早是錯用心。不見古人講得天花落。石點頭。亦不幹自己事。自餘是甚麼閑。擬將有限身心向無限中用。如將方木逗圓孔。多少誵訛。若無恁麼事。饒你攢花蔟錦。亦無用處。未離情識在。一切事須向這裡及盡。若有一毫去不盡。即被塵累。豈況更多。差之毫氂。過犯山嶽。不見古人道。學處不玄。盡是流俗。閨閤中物。捨不得俱為滲漏。直須向這裡及取．及去．及來。併盡一切事。始得無過。如人頭頭上了。物物上通。祇喚作了事人。終不喚作尊貴。將知尊貴一路自別。不見道。從門入者非寶。棒上不成龍。知麼。師為南昌鍾王尊之。願為世世師。天復元年秋。示疾。明年正月三日。問侍者曰。今日是幾。曰。初三。師曰。三十年後。但道祇這是。乃告寂。諡弘覺禪師。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master r

撫州踈山匡仁禪師

The master records a Chan encounter and

吉州新淦人。投本州元證禪師出家。一日。告其師。往東都。聽習未經歲月。忽曰。尋行數墨。語不如默。捨己求人。假不如真。遂造洞山。值山早參。出問。未有之言。請師示誨。山曰。不諾無人肯。師曰。還可功也無。山曰。你即今還功得麼。師曰。功不得即無諱處。山他日上堂曰。欲知此事。直須如枯木生花。方與他合。師問。一切處不乖時如何。山曰。闍黎。此是功勳邊事。幸有無功之功。子何不問。師曰。無功之功。豈不是那邊人。山曰。大有人笑子恁麼問。師曰。恁麼則迢然去也。山曰。迢然非迢然。非不迢然。師曰。如何是迢然。山曰。喚作那邊人。即不得。師曰。如何是非迢然。山曰。無辨處。山問師。空劫無人家。是甚麼人住處。師曰。不識。山曰。人還有意旨也無。師曰。和尚何不問他。山曰。現問次。師曰。是何意旨。山不對。洎洞山順世。弟子禮終。乃到潭州大溈。值溈示眾。曰。行腳高士。直須向聲色裡睡眠。聲色裡坐臥。始得。師出問。如何是不落聲色句。溈竪起拂子。師曰。此是落聲色句。溈放下拂子。歸方丈。師不契。便辭香嚴。嚴曰。何不且住。師曰。某甲與和尚無緣。嚴曰。有何因緣。試舉看。師遂舉前話。嚴曰。某甲有箇語。師曰。道甚麼。嚴曰。言發非聲。色前不物。師曰。元來此中有人。遂囑香嚴曰。向後有住處。某甲卻來相見。乃去。溈問嚴曰。問聲色話底矮闍黎在麼。嚴曰。已去也。溈曰。曾舉向子麼。嚴曰。某甲亦曾對他來。溈曰。試舉看。嚴舉前語。溈曰。他道甚麼。嚴曰。深肯某甲。溈失笑曰。我將謂這矮子有長處。元來祇在這裡。此子向去。若有箇住處。近山無柴燒。近水無水吃。師聞福州大溈安和尚示眾曰。有句無句。如藤倚樹。師特入嶺到彼。值溈泥壁。便問。承聞和尚道。有句無句。如藤倚樹。是否。溈曰。是。師曰。忽遇樹倒藤枯。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failu

句歸何處。溈放下泥槃。呵呵大笑。歸方丈。師曰。某甲三千里賣卻布單。特為此事而來。和尚何得相弄。溈喚侍者。取二百錢與這上座去。遂囑曰。向後有獨眼龍為子點破在。溈山次日上堂。師出問。法身之理。理絕玄微。不奪是非之境。猶是法身邊事。如何是法身向上事。溈舉起拂子。師曰。此猶是法身邊事。溈曰。如何是法身向上事。師奪拂子。摺折擲向地上。便歸眾。溈曰。龍蛇易辨。衲子難瞞。後聞婺州明招謙和尚出世(謙眇一目)。徑往禮拜。招問。甚處來。師曰。閩中來。招曰。曾到大溈否。師曰。到。招曰。有何言句。師舉前話。招曰。溈山可謂頭正尾正。祇是不遇知音。師亦不省。復問。忽遇樹倒藤枯。句歸何處。招曰。卻使溈山笑轉新。師於言下大悟。乃曰。溈山元來笑裡有刀。遙望禮拜。悔過。招一日問。虎生七子。那箇無尾巴。師曰。第七箇無尾巴。香嚴出世。師不爽前約。遂往訪之。嚴上堂。僧問。不求諸聖．不重己靈時如何。嚴曰。萬機休罷。千聖不𢹂。師在眾作嘔聲。曰。是何言歟。嚴聞便下座。曰。適對此僧語必有不是。致招師叔如是。未審過在甚麼處。師曰。萬機休罷。猶有物在。千聖不攜。亦從人得。如何無過。嚴曰。卻請師叔道。師曰。若教某甲道。須還師資禮始得。嚴乃禮拜。躡前問。師曰。何不道肯諾不得全。嚴曰。肯又肯箇甚麼。諾又諾於阿誰。師曰。肯即肯他千聖。諾即諾於己靈。嚴曰。師叔恁麼道。向去倒屙三十年在。師到夾山。山上堂。師問。承師有言。目前無法。意在目前。如何是非目前法。山曰。夜月流輝。澄潭無影。師作掀禪床勢。山曰。闍黎作麼生。師曰。目前無法。了不可得。山曰。大眾看取。這一員戰將。師參巖頭。頭見來。乃低頭佯睡。師近前而立。頭不顧。師拍禪床一下。頭回首曰。作甚麼。師曰。和尚且瞌睡。拂袖便行。

The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts, appearances, success, or failure. When the student understands, the exchange ends with a bow; when he does not, the master remains silent or corrects him. This dialogue preserves the living method of the ancient Chan teachers for later practitioners. The record says that freedom is found in present awareness, without seeking outside the mind. Its verses and sayings present both the sudden insight and the discipline needed to embody it. The master records a Chan encounter and points the questioner toward direct awakening. A monk asks about the Buddha, the Way, or the true self; the reply overturns ordinary assumptions. The answer uses an image from daily life to reveal the Dharma beyond words and distinctions. The teaching warns against clinging to concepts,

頭呵呵大笑曰。三十年弄馬騎。今日被驢撲。回謁石霜(機語具石霜章)。遂歸故里。出主藍田。信士張覇遷問。和尚有何言句。師示偈曰。吾有一寶琴。寄之在曠野。不是不解彈。未遇知音者。後遷踈山。上堂。病僧咸通年前。會得法身邊事。咸通年後。會得法身向上事。雲門出問。如何是法身邊事。師曰。枯樁。曰。如何是法身向上事。師曰。非枯樁。曰。還許某甲說道理也無。師曰。許。曰。枯樁豈不是明法身邊事。師曰。是。曰。非枯樁豈不是明法身向上事。師曰。是。曰。祇如法身。還該一切也無。師曰。法身周徧。豈得不該。門指淨瓶曰。祇如淨瓶。還該法身麼。師曰。闍黎莫向淨瓶邊覓。門便禮拜。師問鏡清。肯諾不得全。子作麼生會。清曰。全歸肯諾。師曰。不得全又作麼生。清曰。箇中無肯路。師曰。始愜病僧意。問僧。甚處來。曰。雪峰來。師曰。我已前到時。事事不足。如今足也未。曰。如今足也。師曰。粥足飯足。僧無對(雲門代雲。粥足飯足)。有僧為師造壽塔畢。白師。師曰。將多少錢與匠人。曰。一切在和尚。師曰。為將三錢與匠人。為將兩錢與匠人。為將一錢與匠人。若道得。與吾親造塔來。僧無語。後僧舉似大嶺庵閑和尚(即羅山也)。嶺曰。還有人道得麼。僧曰。未有人道得。嶺曰。汝歸與踈山道。若將三錢與匠人。和尚此生決定不得塔。若將兩錢與匠人。和尚與匠人共出一隻手。若將一錢與匠人。累他匠人眉鬚墮落。僧回如教而說。師具威儀望大嶺作禮。歎曰。將謂無人。大嶺有古佛放光。射到此間。雖然如是。也是臘月蓮花。大嶺後聞此語。曰。我恁麼道。早是龜毛長三尺。僧問。如何是諸佛師。師曰。何不問踈山老漢。僧無對。師常握木蛇。有僧問。手中是甚麼。師提起曰。曹家女。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。尺五頭巾。曰。如何是尺五頭巾。師曰。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encoun

圓中取不得。因鼓山舉威音王佛師。師乃問。作麼生是威音王佛師。山曰。莫無慚愧好。師曰。闍黎恁麼道即得。若約病僧即不然。山曰。作麼生是威音王佛師。師曰。不坐無貴位。問。靈機未運時如何。師曰。夜半放白牛。問。如何是一句。師曰。不道。曰。為甚麼不道。師曰。少時輩。問。久負不逢時如何。師曰。饒你雄信解拈鎗。比逐秦王較百步。曰。正當恁麼時如何。師曰。將軍不上便橋。金牙徒勞拈筈。問。如何是直指。師曰。珠中有水君不信。擬向天邊問太陽。冬至上堂。僧問。如何是冬來意。師曰。京師出大黃。問。和尚百年後向甚麼處去。師曰。背抵芒叢。四腳指天。師臨遷化。有偈示眾曰。我路碧空外。白雲無處閑。世有無根樹。黃葉風送還。偈終而逝。塔於本山。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present min

青林師䖍禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

初參洞山。山問。近離甚處。師曰。武陵。曰。武陵法道何似此間。師曰。胡地冬抽筍。山曰。別甑炊香飯供養此人。師拂袖便出。山曰。此子向後。走殺天下人在。師在洞山栽松次。有劉翁者求偈。師作偈曰。長長三尺餘。鬱鬱覆青草。不知何代人。得見此松老。劉得偈呈洞山。山謂曰。此是第三代洞山主人。師辭洞山。山曰。子向甚麼處去。師曰。金輪不隱的。徧界絕紅塵。山曰。善自保任。師珍重而出。洞山門送。謂師曰。恁麼去一句作麼生道。師曰。步步踏紅塵。通身無影像。山良久。師曰。老和尚何不速道。山曰。子得恁麼性急。師曰。某甲罪過。便禮辭。師至山南府青銼山住庵。經十年。忽記洞山遺言。乃曰。當利群蒙。豈拘小節邪。遂往隨州。眾請住青林。後遷洞山。凡有新到。先令搬柴三轉。然後參堂。有一僧不肯。問師曰。三轉內即不問。三轉外如何。師曰。鐵輪天子寰中旨。僧無對。師便打。趂出。僧問。昔年病苦。又中毒藥。請師醫。師曰。金錍撥破腦。頂上灌醍醐。曰。恁麼則謝師醫。師便打。上堂。祖師門下。鳥道玄微。功窮皆轉。不究難明。汝等諸人。直須離心意識參。出凡聖路學。方可保任。若不如是。非吾子息。問。久負不逢時如何。師曰。古皇尺一寸。問。請師答話。師曰。脩羅掌於日月。上堂。祖師宗旨。今日施行。法令已彰。復有何事。僧問。正法眼藏。祖祖相傳。未審和尚傳付何人。師曰。靈苗生有地。大悟不存師。問。如何是道。師曰。回頭尋遠㵎。曰。如何是道中人。師曰。擁雪首揚眉。問。千差路別。如何頓曉。師曰。足下背驪珠。空怨長天月。問。學人徑往時如何。師曰。死蛇當大路。勸子莫當頭。曰。當頭者如何。師曰。喪子命根。曰。不當頭者如何。師曰。亦無迴避處。曰。正當恁麼時如何。師曰。失卻也。曰。向甚麼處去。師曰。草深無覓處。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance

曰。和尚也須隄防始得。師拊掌曰。一等是箇毒氣。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange tur

高安白水本仁禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

因設先洞山忌齋。僧問。供養先師。先師還來也無。師曰。更下一分供養著。上堂。老僧尋常不欲向聲前色後。鼓弄人家男女。何故。且聲不是聲。色不是色。僧問。如何是聲不是聲。師曰。喚作色得麼。曰。如何是色不是色。師曰。喚作聲得麼。僧作禮。師曰。且道為汝說。答汝話。若向這裡會得。有箇入處。上堂。眼裡著沙不得。耳裡著水不得。僧問。如何是眼裡著沙不得。師曰。應真無比。曰。如何是耳裡著水不得。師曰。白淨無垢。問。文殊與普賢。萬法悉同源。文殊普賢即不問。如何是同源底法。師曰。卻問取文殊普賢。曰。如何是文殊普賢。師曰。一釣便上。師謂鏡清曰。時寒道者清。曰。不敢。師曰。還有臥單也無。曰。設有。亦無展底工夫。師曰。直饒道者滴水氷生。亦不干他事。曰。滴水氷生。事不相涉。師曰。是。曰。此人意作麼生。師曰。此人不落意。曰。不落意。此人聻。師曰。高山頂上。無可與道者啗啄。長生然和尚問。如何是西來意。師曰。還見庭前杉樧樹否。曰。恁麼則和尚今日。因學人致得是非。師曰。多口座主。然去後。師方知是雪峰禪客。乃曰。盜法之人。終不成器(然住後。眾緣不備。果符師記。因僧問。從上宗乘。如何舉唱。然雲。不可為闍黎一人。荒卻長生山也。玄沙聞雲。然師兄佛法即大行。受記之緣亦就)。僧問。如何是不遷義。師曰。落花隨流水。明月上孤岑。師將順世。焚香白眾曰。香煙絕處是吾涅槃時也。言訖跏趺而坐。息隨煙滅。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experie

洛京白馬遁儒禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

僧問。如何是衲僧本分事。師曰。十道不通風。瘂子傳來信。曰。傳甚麼信。師乃合掌頂戴。問。如何是密室中人。師曰。才生不可得。不貴未生時。曰。是箇甚麼不貴未生時。師曰。是汝阿爺。問。三千里外嚮白馬。及乎到來為甚麼不見。師曰。是汝不見。不幹老僧事。曰。請和尚指示。師曰。指即沒交涉。問。如何是學人本分事。師曰。昨夜三更月正午。問。如何是法身向上事。師曰。井底蝦蟇吞卻月(僧問黃龍。如何是井底蝦蟆吞卻月。龍曰。不奈何。曰。恁麼則吞卻去也。龍曰。一任吞。曰。吞後如何。龍曰。好蝦蟆)。問。如何是學人急切處。師曰。俊鳥猶嫌鈍。瞥然早已遲。問。如何是西來意。師曰。點額猢猻探月波。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mi

潭州龍牙山居遁證空禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

撫州人也。因參翠微。乃問。學人自到和尚法席一箇餘月。不蒙一法示誨。意在於何。微曰。嫌甚麼。師又問洞山。山曰。爭怪得老僧(法眼別雲。祖師來也。雲居齊雲。此三人尊宿。還有親疎也無。若有。那箇親。若無親疎。眼在甚麼處)。師又問翠微。如何是祖師意。微曰。與我將禪板來。師遂過禪板。微接得便打。師曰。打即任打。要且無祖師意。又問臨濟。如何是祖師意。濟曰。與我將蒲團來。師乃過蒲團。濟接得便打。師曰。打即任打。要且無祖師意。後有僧問。和尚行腳時。問二尊宿祖師意。未審二尊宿明也未。師曰。明即明也。要且無祖師意(東禪齊雲。眾中道。佛法即有。祇是無祖師意。若恁麼會。有何交涉。別作麼生會無祖師意底道理)。師復舉德山頭落底語。因自省過。遂止於洞山。隨眾參請。一日問。如何是祖師西來意。山曰。待洞水逆流。即向汝道。師始悟厥旨。服勤八稔。湖南馬氏請住龍牙。上堂。夫參玄人。須透過祖佛始得。新豐和尚道。祖佛言教似生冤家。始有參學分。若透不得。即被祖佛謾去。僧問。祖佛還有謾人之心也無。師曰。汝道江湖還有礙人之心也無。乃曰。江湖雖無礙人之心。為時人過不得。江湖成礙人去。不得道江湖不礙人。祖佛雖無謾人之心。為時人透不得。祖佛成謾人去。不得道祖佛不謾人。若透得祖佛過。此人過卻祖佛。若也如是。始體得佛祖意。方與向上人同。如未透得。但學佛學祖。則萬劫無有出期。僧曰。如何得不被祖佛謾去。師曰。道者直須自悟去始得。問。十二時中如何著力。師曰。如無手人慾行拳。始得。問。終日區區。如何頓息。師曰。如孝子喪卻父母。始得(東禪齊雲。眾中道如喪父母。何有閑暇。恁麼會還息得人疑情麼。除此外且作麼生會龍牙意)。問。如何是道。師曰。無異人心是。乃曰。若人體得道無異人心。始是道人。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a bri

若是言說。則沒交涉。道者。汝知行底道人否。十二時中。除卻著衣吃飯。無絲髮異於人心。無誑人心。此箇始是道人。若道我得我會。則沒交涉。大不容易。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。待石烏龜解語。即向汝道。曰。石烏龜語也。師曰。向汝道甚麼。問。古人得箇甚麼。便休去。師曰。如賊入空室。問。無邊身菩薩。為甚麼不見如來頂相。師曰。汝道如來還有頂相麼。問。大庾嶺頭提不起時如何。師曰。六祖為甚麼將得去。問。二鼠侵藤時如何。師曰。須有隱身處始得。曰。如何是隱身處。師曰。還見儂家麼。問。維摩掌擎世界。未審維摩向甚麼處立。師曰。道者。汝道維摩掌擎世界。問。知有底人。為甚麼卻有生死。師曰。恰似道者未悟時。問。如何是西來意。師曰。此一問最苦(報慈雲。此一問最好)。問。祖意教意。是同是別。師曰。祖師在後來。問。如何是無事沙門。師曰。若是沙門。不得無事。曰。為甚麼不得無事。師曰。覓一箇也難得。問。蟾蜍無反照之功。玉兔無伴月之意時如何。師曰。道者。堯舜之君猶有化在。問。如何得此身安去。師曰。不被別身謾始得(法眼別雲。誰惱亂汝)。報慈嶼讚師真曰。日出連山。月圓當戶。不是無身。不欲全露。師一日在帳中坐。僧問。不是無身。不欲全露。請師全露。師撥開帳子曰。還見麼。曰。不見。師曰。不將眼來(報慈嶼聞雲。龍牙祇道得一半。法眼別雲。飽叢林)。師將順寂。有大星隕於方丈前。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience

京兆華嚴寺休靜禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

在洛浦作維那時。一日白槌普請曰。上間般柴。下間鋤地。第一座問。聖僧作甚麼。師曰。當堂不正坐。不赴兩頭機。師問洞山。學人無箇理路。未免情識運為。山曰。汝還見有理路也無。師曰。見無理路。山曰。甚處得情識來。師曰。學人實問。山曰。恁麼則直須向萬裡無寸草處去。師曰。萬裡無寸草處。還許某甲去也無。山曰。直須恁麼去。師般柴次。洞山把住曰。狹路相逢時如何。師曰。反側。反側。山曰。汝記吾言。向南住有一千人。向北住止三百而已。初住福州東山之華嚴。眾滿一千。未幾。屬後唐莊宗徵入輦下。大闡玄風。其徒果止三百。莊宗問。祖意教意。是同是別。師曰。探盡龍宮藏。眾義不能詮。問。大悟底人為甚麼卻迷。師曰。破鏡不重照。落花難上枝。問。大軍設天王齋求勝。賊軍亦設天王齋求勝。未審天王赴阿誰願。師曰。天垂雨露。不揀榮枯。莊宗請入內齋。見大師大德總看經。唯師與徒眾不看經。帝問。師為甚麼不看經。師曰。道泰不傳天子令。時清休唱太平歌。帝曰。師一人即得。徒眾為甚麼也不看經。師曰。師子窟中無異獸。象王行處絕狐蹤。帝曰。大師大德為甚麼總看經。師曰。水母元無眼。求食須賴鰕。帝曰。既是後生。為甚麼卻稱長老。師曰。三歲國家龍鳳子。百年殿下老朝臣。師後遊河朔。於平陽示滅。茶毗獲舍利。建四浮圖。一晉州。一房州。一終南山逍遙園。一華嚴寺。諡寶智禪師．無為之塔。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed

瑞州九峰普滿禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

僧問。如何是不遷義。師曰。東生明月。西落金烏。曰。非師不委。師曰。理當則行。僧禮拜。師便打。僧曰。仁義道中。禮拜何咎。師曰。來處不明。須行嚴令。問。眼不到色塵時如何。師指香臺曰。面前是甚麼。曰。請師子細。師曰。不妨遭人檢點。問。人人盡道請益。未審師還拯濟也無。師曰。汝道巨嶽還乏寸土麼。曰。四海參尋。當為何事。師曰。演若迷頭心自狂。曰。還有不狂者也無。師曰。有。曰。如何是不狂者。師曰。突曉途中眼不開。問僧。近離甚處。曰。閩中。師曰。遠涉不易。曰。不難。動步便到。師曰。有不動步者麼。曰。有。師曰。爭得到此間。僧無對。師以拄杖趂下。問。對境心不動時如何。師曰。汝無大人力。曰。如何是大人力。師曰。對境心不動。曰。適來為甚麼道無大人力。師曰。在舍祇言為客易。臨川方覺取魚難。問。如何是道。師曰。見通車馬。曰。如何是道中人。師便打。僧作禮。師便喝。問。十二時中如何合道。師曰。與心合道。曰。畢竟如何。師曰。土上加泥猶自可。離波求水實堪悲。問。如何是不壞身。師曰。正是。曰。學人不會。請師直指。師曰。適來曲多少。問。古人道。真因妄立。從妄顯真。是否。師曰。是。曰。如何是真。師曰。不雜食。曰。如何是妄。師曰。起倒攀緣。曰。去此二途。如何合得圓常。師曰。不敬功德天。誰嫌黑暗女。問。九峰一路。今古鹹知。向上宗乘。請師提唱。師竪起拂子。僧曰。大眾側聆。願垂方便。師曰。清波不覩魚龍現。迅浪風高下底鉤。曰。若不久參。那知今日。師曰。人生無定止。像沒鏡中圓。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。更問阿誰。曰。恁麼則學人全體是也。師曰。須彌頂上戴須彌。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account pre

益州北院通禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

初參夾山。問曰。目前無法。意在目前。不是目前法。非耳目之所到。豈不是和尚語。山曰。是。師乃掀倒禪床。叉手而立。山起來打一拄杖。師便下去(法眼雲。是他掀倒禪床。何不便去。須待他打一棒了去。意在甚麼處)。次參洞山。山上堂曰。坐斷主人公。不落第二見。師出眾曰。須知有一人不合伴。山曰。猶是第二見。師便掀倒禪床。山曰。老兄作麼生。師曰。待某甲舌頭爛。即向和尚道。後辭洞山擬入嶺。山曰。善為。飛猿嶺峻好看。師良久。山召。通闍黎。師應諾。山曰。何不入嶺去。師因有省。更不入嶺。住後。上堂。諸上座有甚麼事。出來論量取。若上上根機。不假如斯。若是中下之流。直須剗削門頭戶底。教索索地。莫教入泥水。第一速須省事。直須無心去。學得千般萬般。祇成知解。與衲僧門下有甚麼交涉。僧問。直須無心學時如何。師曰。不管繫。問。如何是佛。師曰。峭壁本無苔。灑墨圖斑駮。問。二龍爭珠。誰是得者。師曰。得者失。曰。不得者如何。師曰。還我珠來。問。如何是清淨法身。師曰。無點汙。問。轉不得時如何。師曰。功不到。問。如何是大富貴底人。師曰。如輪王寶藏。曰。如何是赤窮底人。師曰。如酒店腰帶。問。水灑不著時如何。師曰。乾剝剝地。問。一槌便成時如何。師曰。不是偶然。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。壁上畵枯松。遊蜂競採蘂。滅後諡證真禪師。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The account preserves this encounter as guidance for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, act freely, and not seek outside the present mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or remains without an answer. This is presented as a complete instruction in the manner of the ancient teachers. The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed

洞山道全禪師

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ

問先洞山。如何是出離之要。山曰。闍黎足下煙生。師當下契悟。更不他遊。雲居進語曰。終不敢孤負和尚足下煙生。山曰。步步玄者。即是功到。暨洞山圓寂。眾請踵跡住持。僧問。佛入王宮。豈不是大聖再來。師曰。護明不下生。曰。爭奈六年苦行何。師曰。幻人呈幻事。曰。非幻者如何。師曰。王宮覓不得。問。清淨行者不入涅槃。破戒比丘不入地獄時如何。師曰。度盡無遺影。還他越涅槃。問。極目千里。是甚麼風範。師曰。是闍黎風範。曰。未審和尚風範如何。師曰。不布婆娑眼。

The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answered with a pointed saying. The exchange turns the question back to direct experience and awakening. The teaching rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corrected it with a brief reply. The accou

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