Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Volume Ten
衡州華光範禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。如何是無縫塔。師指僧堂曰。此間僧堂無門戶。問僧。曾到紫陵麼。曰。曾到。師曰。曾到鹿門麼。曰。曾到。師曰。嗣紫陵即是。嗣鹿門即是。曰。即今嗣和尚得麼。師曰。人情不打即不可。便打。問。非隱顯處是和尚。那箇是某甲。師曰。盡乾坤無一不是。曰。此猶是和尚。那箇是某甲。師曰。木人石女笑分明。
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 appearance
處州廣利容禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
初住貞溪。僧參。師舉拂子曰。貞溪老僧還具眼麼。曰。某甲不敢見和尚過。師曰。老僧死在闍黎手裡也。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。謝闍黎道破。問。西院拍手笑呵呵。意作麼生。師曰。捲上簾子著。問。自己不明。如何得明。師曰。不明。曰。為甚麼不明。師曰。不見道自己事。問。魯祖面壁。意作麼生。師良久曰。還會麼。曰。不會。師曰。魯祖面壁。因郡守受代歸。師出送接話次。守問。和尚遠出山門。將甚麼物來。師曰。無盡之寶呈獻。守無對。後有人進語曰。便請。師曰。大守尊嚴。問。千途路絕。語思不通時如何。師曰。猶是堦下漢。曰。如何是堦上漢。師曰。龍樓不舉手。乃曰。作麼生是尊貴底人。試道看。莫祇向長連床上坐地。見他人不肯。忽被明眼人拶著。便向鐵圍山裡藏身。若到廣利門下。須道得第一句。即開一線道與兄弟商量。時有僧出禮拜。師曰。將謂是異國舶主。元來是此土商人。
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 end
泉州廬山小谿院行傳禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
青原周氏子。僧問。久嚮廬山石門。為甚麼入不得。師曰。鈍漢。僧曰。忽遇猛利者。還許也無。師曰。吃茶去。
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
益州布水巖和尚
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。如何是西來意。師曰。一回思著一傷心。問。寶劒未磨時如何。師曰。用不得。曰。磨後如何。師曰。觸不得。
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 exp
蜀川西禪和尚
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。佛是摩耶降生。未審和尚是誰家子。師曰。水上卓紅旗。問。三十六路。阿那一路最妙。師曰。不出第一手。曰。忽遇出時如何。師曰。脊著地也不難。
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 exp
韶州華嚴和尚
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。既是華嚴。還將得華來麼。師曰。孤峰頂上千枝秀。一句當機對聖明。僧錄問。法身無相。不可言宣。皇帝詔師。將何接引。師曰。金鐘迥出雲中響。萬裡歸朝賀聖君。問。如何是佛法大意。師曰。驚天動地。曰。還當也無。師曰。靈機永布千家月。祇這如今萬世傳。
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 r
雲居膺禪師法嗣
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
洪州鳳棲山同安丕禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。如何是無縫塔。師曰。吽。吽。曰。如何是塔中人。師曰。今日大有人從建昌來。問。一見便休去時如何。師曰。是也。更來這裡作麼。問。如何是點額魚。師曰。不透波瀾。曰。慚恥時如何。師曰。終不仰面。曰。恁麼則不變其身也。師曰。是也。青雲事作麼生。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。金鷄抱子歸霄漢。玉兔懷胎入紫微。曰。忽遇客來。將何祇待。師曰。金果朝來猿摘去。玉花晚後鳳銜歸。問。無情還解說法也無。師曰。玉犬夜行。不知天曉。問。路逢達道人。不將語默對。未審將甚麼對。師曰。要踢要拳。問。才有言詮。盡落今時。不落言詮。請師直說。師曰。木人解語非幹舌。石女拋梭豈亂絲。問。依經解義。三世佛冤。離經一字。即同魔說。此理如何。師曰。孤峰迥秀。不掛煙蘿。片月行空。白雲自在。新到參。師問。甚處來。曰。湖南。師曰。還知同安這裡風雲體道。花檻璇璣麼。曰。知。師曰。非公境界。僧便喝。師曰。短販樵人。徒誇書劒。僧擬進語。師曰。劒甲未施。賊身已露。問。佛未出世時如何。師曰。藕絲繫大象。曰。出世後如何。師曰。鐵鎻鎻石牛。問。不傷王道如何。師曰。吃粥吃飯。曰。莫便是不傷王道也無。師曰。遷流左降。問。玉印開時。何人受信。師曰。不是恁麼人。曰。親宮事如何。師曰。道甚麼。問。如何是毗盧師。師曰。闍黎在甚麼處出家。問。如何是觸目菩提。師曰。面前佛殿。問。片玉無瑕。請師不觸。師曰。落汝後。問。玉印開時。何人受信。師曰。不是小小。問。迷頭認影如何止。師曰。告阿誰。曰。如何即是。師曰。從人覓。即轉遠也。曰。不從人覓時如何。師曰。頭在甚麼處。問。如何是同安一隻箭。師曰。腦後看。曰。腦後事如何。師曰。過也。問。亡僧衣眾人唱。祖師衣甚麼人唱。師曰。打。問。將來不相似。不將來時如何。
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 for later practitioners. The meaning is to see clearly, a
師曰。甚麼處著。問。未有這箇時。作麼生行履。師曰。尋常又作麼生。曰。恁麼則不改舊時人也。師曰。作何行履。問。如何是異類中人。師曰。露地藏白牛。溪山籠日月。師看經次。見僧來參。遂以衣袖蓋卻頭。僧近前作弔慰勢。師放下衣袖。提起經曰。會麼。僧卻以衣袖蓋頭。師曰。蒼天。蒼天。
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 appearance
廬山歸宗寺懷惲禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。無佛無眾生時如何。師曰。甚麼人如此。問。水清魚現時如何。師曰。把一箇來。僧無對(同安代雲。動即失)。問。如何是五老峰。師曰。突兀地。問。截水停輪時如何。師曰。磨不轉。曰。如何是磨不轉。師曰。不停輪。問。如何是塵中弟子。師曰。灰頭土面。(同安代雲。不拂拭)。問。如何是世尊不說說。師曰。正恁麼。曰。如何是迦葉不聞聞。師曰。不附物。問。不佛不眾生時如何。師曰。是甚麼人如此。問。學人不到處。請師說。師曰。汝不到甚麼處來。
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 preser
池州嵆山章禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
在投子作柴頭。投子同吃茶次。謂師曰。森羅萬象。總在裡許。師潑卻茶曰。森羅萬象。在甚麼處。子曰。可惜一椀茶。師後謁雪峰。峰問。莫是章柴頭麼。師乃作輪椎勢。峰肯之。
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 exp
南康軍雲居懷嶽禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。如何是大圓鏡。師曰。不鑒照。曰。忽遇四方八面來時作麼生。師曰。胡來胡現。漢來漢現。曰。大好不鑒照。師便打。問。如何是一丸療萬病底藥。師曰。汝患甚麼。問。如何是本來瑞草。師曰。好手拈不出。曰。如何是無根樹。師曰。處處著不得。
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 r
杭州佛日本空禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
初遊天台山。甞曰。如有人奪得我機者。即吾師矣。尋謁雲居。作禮問曰。二龍爭珠。誰是得者。居曰。卸卻業身來。與子相見。師曰。業身已卸。居曰。珠在甚麼處。師無對(同安代雲。回頭即沒交涉)。遂投誠入室。時始年十三。後四年。參夾山。才入門。見維那。那曰。此間不著後生。師曰。某甲不求掛搭。暫來禮謁和尚。維那白夾山。山許相見。師未陞堦。山便問。甚處來。師曰。雲居來。曰。即今在甚麼處。師曰。在夾山頂𩕳上。山曰。老僧行年在坎。五鬼臨身。師擬上堦。山曰。三道寶堦。從何而上。師曰。三道寶堦。曲為今時。向上一路。請師直指。山便揖。師乃上堦禮拜。山問。闍黎與甚麼人同行。師曰。木上座。山曰。何不來相看老僧。師曰。和尚看他有分。山曰。在甚處。師曰。在堂中。山便同師下到堂中。師遂取拄杖擲在山面前。山曰。莫從天台得否。師曰。非五嶽之所生。山曰。莫從須彌得否。師曰。月宮亦不逢。山曰。恁麼則從人得也。師曰。自己尚是冤家。從人得堪作甚麼。山曰。冷灰裡有一粒豆𪹼。乃喚維那。明窻下安排著。師曰。未審明窻還解語也無。山曰。待明窻解語。即向汝道。夾山來日上堂。問。昨日新到在甚麼處。師出應喏。山曰。子未到雲居已前。在甚麼處。師曰。天台國清。山曰。吾聞天台有潺潺之瀑。淥淥之波。謝子遠來。此意如何。師曰。久居巖谷。不掛松蘿。山曰。此猶是春意。秋意作麼生。師良久。山曰。看君祇是撐船漢。終歸不是弄潮人。來日普請。維那令師送茶。師曰。某甲為佛法來。不為送茶來。那曰。奉和尚處分。師曰。和尚尊命即得。乃將茶去作務處。搖茶甌作聲。山回顧。師曰。釅茶三五盌。意在钁頭邊。山曰。瓶有傾茶勢。籃中幾箇甌。師曰。瓶有傾茶勢。籃中無一甌。便行茶。時眾皆舉目。師曰。大眾鶴望。請師一言。
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
山曰。路逢死蛇莫打殺。無底籃子盛將歸。師曰。手執夜明符。幾箇知天曉。山曰。大眾有人也。歸去來。歸去來。遂住普請。歸院眾皆仰嘆。師終於佛日。卵塔存焉。
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 exp
蘇州永光院真禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
上堂。言鋒若差。鄉關萬裡。直須懸崖撒手。自肯承當。絕後再蘇。欺君不得。非常之旨。人焉廋哉。問。道無橫徑。立者皆危。如何得不被橫徑所侵去。師以杖拄僧口。僧曰。此猶是橫徑。師曰。合取口。問。如何是常在底人。師曰。來往不易。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。鐵山夜鎻千家月。金烏常照不當門。
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 appearance
廬山歸宗澹權禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。金雞未鳴時如何。師曰。失卻威音王。曰。鳴後如何。師曰。三界平沉。問。盡身供養時如何。師曰。將甚麼來。曰。所有不惜。師曰。供養甚麼人。僧無語。問。學人為佛法來。如何是佛法。師曰。正空閑。曰。便請商量。師曰。周匝有餘。問。人眾雲集。合譚何事。師曰。三三兩兩。問。路逢達道人。不將語默對。未審將甚麼對。師曰。爭能肯得人。僧良久。師曰。會麼。曰。不會。師曰。長安路上廁坑子。問。如何是佛法大意。師曰。三枷五棒。問。通徹底人如何語道。師曰。汝祇今作麼生。曰。任性隨流。師曰。不隨流爭得息。
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
蘄州廣濟禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。疋馬單槍時如何。師曰。頭落也。問。如何是方外之譚。師曰。汝道甚麼。問。如何是廣濟水。師曰。飲者絕饑渴。曰。恁麼則學人不虗到也。師曰。情知你受人安排。問。遠遠來投。乞師指示。師曰。有口祇解吃飯。問。溫伯雪與仲尼相見時如何。師曰。此間無恁麼人。問。不識不見。請師道出。師曰。不昧。曰。不昧時作麼生。師曰。汝喚作甚麼。問。如何是奇特事。師曰。焰裡牡丹花。問。如何是無心道人。師曰。丹霞放火燒。
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 r
潭州水西南臺和尚
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。如何是此間一滴水。師曰。入口即抉出。問。如何是西來意。師曰。靴頭線綻。問。祖祖相傳。未審傳箇甚麼。師曰。不因闍黎問。老僧亦不知。
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 exp
歙州朱谿謙禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
韶國師到。參次聞犬齩靈鼠聲。國師便問。是甚麼聲。師曰。犬齩靈鼠聲。國師曰。既是靈鼠。為甚麼卻被犬齩。師曰。齩殺也。國師曰。好箇犬。師便打。國師曰。莫打。某甲話在。師休去。因造佛殿畢。一僧同看。師曰。此殿著得甚麼佛。曰。著即不無。有人不肯。師曰。我不問那箇人。曰。恁麼。則某甲亦未曾祇對和尚。
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 appearance
揚州豐化和尚
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ