Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Volume Ten

僧問。上無片瓦。下無卓錐時如何。師曰。莫飄露麼。問。不具得失時如何。師曰。道甚麼。

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

南康軍雲居道簡禪師

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

範陽人也。久入先雲居之室。密受真印。而分掌寺務。典司樵㸑。以臘高。堂中為第一座。屬先雲居將順寂。主事請問。誰堪繼嗣。居曰。堂中簡。主事雖承言而意不在師。謂。令揀擇可當說法者。僉曰。第二座可。然且備禮。先請第一座。若謙讓。即堅請第二座。師既密承授記。略不辭免。即自持道具入方丈。攝眾演法。主事等不愜素志。罔循規式。師察其情。乃潛棄去。其夜安樂樹神號泣詰旦。主事大眾奔至麥莊悔過。哀請歸院。眾聞空中連聲唱曰。和尚來也。僧問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。隨處得自在。問。維摩豈不是金粟如來。師曰。是。曰。為甚麼卻在釋迦會下聽法。師曰。他不擔人我。問。橫身蓋覆時如何。師曰。還蓋覆得麼。問。蛇子為甚麼吞卻蛇師。師曰。在裡何傷。問。諸聖道不得處。和尚還道得麼。師曰。汝道甚麼處諸聖道不得。問。路逢猛虎時如何。師曰。千人萬人不逢。為甚麼闍黎偏逢。問。孤峰獨宿時如何。師曰。閑卻七間僧堂不宿。阿誰教汝孤峰獨宿。師後無疾而寂。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 mind. In this record, ordinary images disclose the unobstructed Dharma. The dialogue ends when the student bows, departs, or re

洪州大善慧海禪師

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

僧問。不坐青山頂時如何。師曰。且道是甚麼人。問。如何是解作客底人。師曰。不占上。問。靈泉忽逢時如何。師曰。從甚麼處來。問。如何道即不違於師。師曰。莫惜口。曰。道後如何。師曰。道甚麼。問。如何道得相親去。師曰。快道。曰。恁麼則不道也。師曰。用口作甚麼。問。如何是西來意。師曰。三界平沉。

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, direc

鼎州德山和尚

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

僧問。路逢達道人。不將語默對。未審將甚麼對。師曰。祇恁麼。僧良久。師曰。汝更問。僧再問。師乃喝出。

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

南嶽南臺和尚

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

僧問。直上融峰時如何。師曰。見麼。

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

南康軍雲居昌禪師

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

僧問。相逢不相識時如何。師曰。既相逢為甚麼不相識。問。紅爐猛焰時如何。師曰。裡頭是甚麼。問。不受商量時如何。師曰。來作甚麼。曰。來亦不商量。師曰。空來何益。問。方丈前容身時如何。師曰。汝身大小。

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

晉州大梵和尚

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

僧問。如何是學人顧望處。師曰。井底架高樓。曰。恁麼則超然去也。師曰。何不擺手。

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

新羅國雲住和尚

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

僧問。諸佛道不得。甚麼人道得。師曰。老僧道得。曰。諸佛道不得。和尚作麼生道。師曰。諸佛是我弟子。曰。請和尚道。師曰。不是對君王。好與二十棒。問。達磨未來時如何。師曰。夜半石牛吼。曰。來後如何。師曰。特地使人愁。問。既是普眼。為甚不見普賢。師曰。祇為貪程太速。

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

阾珏和尚

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

僧問。學人不負師機。還免披毛帶角也無。師曰。闍黎何得對面不相識。曰。恁麼。則吞盡百川水。方明一點心。師曰。雖脫毛衣。猶披鱗甲。曰。好來和尚具大慈悲。師曰。盡力道。也出老僧格不得。

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

疎山仁禪師法嗣

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

隨州護國院守澄淨果禪師

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

上堂。諸方老宿。盡在曲彔木床上為人。及有人問著祖師西來意。未曾有一人當頭道著。時有僧問。請和尚當頭道。師曰。河北驢鳴。河南犬吠。問。如何是佛。師咄曰。這驢漢。問。盡大地是一隻眼底人來時如何。師曰。堦下漢。問。諸佛不到處。是甚麼人行履。師曰。聃耳鬅頭。曰。何人通得彼中信。師曰。驢面獸腮。問。隨緣認得時如何。師曰。錯。問。如何是西來意。師曰。一人傳虗。萬人傳實。問。不落幹將手。如何是太阿。師曰。七星光彩耀。六國罷煙塵。問。鶴立枯松時如何。師曰。地下底一場懡㦬。問。會昌沙汰時。護法善神向甚麼處去。師曰。三門前兩箇一場懡。㦬問。滴水滴凍時如何。師曰。日出後一場懡㦬。

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

洛京靈泉歸仁禪師

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

初問疎山。枯木生花。始與他合。是這邊句。是那邊句。山曰。亦是這邊句。師曰。如何是那邊句。山曰。石牛吐出三春霧。靈雀不棲無影林。住後。僧問。如何是靈泉家風。師曰。十日作活九日病。曰。此病如何。師曰。迴避不得。曰。還療得也無。師曰。耆婆稽首。醫王皺眉。問。祖意教意。是同是別。師曰。牛馬同群放。曰。還分不分。師曰。夜半崑崙穿市過。午後烏雞帶雪飛。問。急切相投時如何。師曰。見佛似冤家。問。如何是靈泉竹。師曰。不從栽種得。曰。還變動也無。師曰。三冬瑞雪應難改。九夏凝霜色轉鮮。問。如何是靈泉心印。師曰。不傳不受。曰。或遇交代時如何。師曰。淮南船子看洛陽。問。六國未寧時如何。師曰。作亂者誰。問。如何是祖師西來意。師曰。仰面獨揚眉。回頭自拍手。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。騎牛戴席帽。過水著靴衫。問。如何是無問而自說。師曰。死人口裡活人舌。曰。未審是何人領會。師曰。無角水牯牛。問。如何是靈泉活計。師曰。東壁打倒西壁。曰。憑箇甚麼過朝夕。師曰。折腰鐺子無煙火。曰。二時將何奉獻。師曰。野老共炊無米飯。溪邊大會不來人。問。如何是靈泉境。師曰。枯樁花爛熳。曰。如何是境中人。師曰。子規啼斷後。花落布堦前。問。如何是沙門行。師曰。恰似箇屠兒。曰。如何行履。師曰。破齋犯戒。曰。究竟作麼生。師曰。因不收。果不入。俗士問。俗人還許會佛法否。師曰。那箇臺無月。誰家樹不春。

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 att

瑞州五峰遇禪師

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

僧問。佛未出世時如何。師曰。一堆泥土。問。如何是不撥不觸底人。師曰。閉目藏三寸。飜眉蓋眼睛。

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

撫州疎山證禪師

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

初參先疎山得旨。後歷諸方。謁投子。子問。近離甚處。曰。延平。子曰。還將得劒來麼。曰。將得來。子曰。呈似老僧看。師乃指面前地。子便休。至晚問侍者。新到在麼。者曰。當時去也。子曰。三十年弄馬騎。今日被驢撲。住後。僧問。如何是就事學。師曰。著衣吃飯。曰。如何是就理學。師曰。騎牛去穢。曰。如何是向上事。師曰。溥際不收。問。如何是聲色混融句。師曰。不辨消不及。曰。如何是聲色外別行底句。師曰。難逢不可得。問。親切處乞一言。師以拄杖敲之。僧曰。為甚麼不道。師曰。得恁麼不識好惡。

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 guid

洪州百丈明照安禪師

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

新羅人也。僧問。一藏圓光。如何是體。師曰。勞汝遠來。曰。莫便是一藏圓光麼。師曰。更吃一椀茶。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。手巾寸半布。問。萬法歸一。一歸何處。師曰。未有一箇人不問。問。如何是極則處。師曰。空王殿裡登九五。野老門前不立人。問。隨緣認得時如何。師曰。未認得時作麼生。問。如何是毗盧師。師曰。人天收不得。曰。如何是一代時教。師曰。義例分明。

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 appearances, directing the student inward. The master aff

瑞州黃檗山慧禪師

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

洛陽人也。少出家。業經論。因增受菩薩戒。而歎曰。大士攝律儀。與吾本受聲聞戒。俱止持作犯也。然於篇聚增減。支本通別。制意且殊。既微細難防。復於攝善中未甞行於少分。況饒益有情乎。且世間泡幻。身命何可留戀哉。由是置講課。欲以身捐於水中。飼鱗甲之類。念已將行。偶二禪者接之款話。說。南方頗多知識。何滯於一隅。師從此回志參尋。屬關津嚴緊。乃謂守吏曰。吾非翫山水。誓求祖道。他日必不忘恩也。吏者察其志。遂不苛留。且謂之曰。師既為法忘身。回時願無吝所聞。師欣謝。直造疎山。時仁和尚坐法堂受參。師先顧視大眾。然後致問曰。剎那便去時如何。山曰。畐塞虗空。汝作麼生去。師曰。畐塞虗空。不如不去。山便休。師下堂參第一座。座曰。適來祇對甚奇特。師曰。此乃率爾。敢望慈悲。開示愚昧。座曰。一剎那間還有擬議否。師於言下頓省。禮謝。住後。僧問。黃檗一路荒來久。今日當陽事若何。師曰。虗空不假金鎚鍊。日月何曾待照人。師示滅。塔於本山。肉身至今如生。

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 stud

延州伏龍山奉璘禪師

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

僧問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。橫身臥海。日裡挑燈。問。如何是伏龍境。師曰。山峻水流急。三冬發異華。問。和尚還愛財色也無。師曰。愛。曰。既是善知識。為甚麼卻愛財色。師曰。知恩者少。師問火頭。培火了也未。曰。低聲。師曰。甚麼處得這消息來。曰。不假多言。師曰。省錢易飽。吃了還饑。問。如何是和尚家風。師曰。長虀冷飯。曰。大寂寞生。師曰。僧家合如是。

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 affirm

安州大安山省禪師

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

僧問。失路迷人。請師直指。師曰。三門前去。問。舉步臨危。請師指月。師曰。不指月。曰。為甚麼不指月。師曰。臨坑不推人。問。離四句。絕百非。請和尚道。師曰。我王庫內無如是刀。問。重重關鎻。信息不通時如何。師曰。爭得到這裡。曰。到後如何。師曰。彼中事作麼生。問。如何是真中真。師曰。十字路頭泥佛子。問。無為無事人。猶是金鎻難。金鎻牽不住。是甚麼人。師曰。向闍黎道即得。不可荒卻大安山去也。

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 correct

洪州百丈超禪師

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

海東人也。僧問。祖意教意。是同是別。師曰。金雞玉兔。聽遶須彌。問。日落西山去。林中事若何。師曰。洞深雲出晚。㵎曲水流遲。問。某甲今日辭去。或有人問和尚說甚麼法。向他道甚麼。師曰。但道大雄山頂上。虎生師子兒。

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