Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Volume Ten

華嚴靜禪師法嗣

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

鳳翔府紫陵匡一定覺禪師

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

初到蟠龍。見僧問。碧潭清似鏡。蟠龍何處安。龍曰。沈沙不見底。浮浪足巑岏。師不肯。龍請師道。師曰。金龍迥透青霄外。潭中豈滯玉輪機。龍肯之。住後。僧問。未作人身已前。作甚麼來。師曰。石牛步步火中行。返顧休銜日中草。問。智識路絕。思議併忘時如何。師曰。停囚長智。養病喪軀。

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

九峰滿禪師法嗣

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

洪州同安院威禪師

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

僧問。牛頭未見四祖時如何。師曰。路邊神樹子。見者盡擎拳。曰。見後如何。師曰。室內無靈床。渾家不著孝。問。祖意教意。是同是別。師曰。玉兔不曾知曉意。金烏爭肯夜頭明。問。如何是同安一曲。師曰。靈琴不別人間韻。知音豈度伯牙門。曰。未審何人和得。師曰。木馬嘶時從彼聽。石人拊掌阿誰聞。曰。或遇知音時如何。師曰。知音不度耳。達者豈同聞。師一日遊山。大眾隨後。師曰。堦前翠竹。砌下黃花。古人道真如般若。同安即不然。有僧曰。古人也好和尚。師曰。不貪香餌味。可謂碧潭龍。曰。諸方眼目。不怪淵明。師曰。闍黎閉目中秋坐。卻笑月無光。曰。堦前翠竹。砌下黃花。又作麼生。師曰。安南未伏。塞北那降。僧禮拜。師曰。名稱普聞。師問僧。寅晡飲啄。無處藏身。你道有此道理麼。曰。和尚作麼生。師打一拂子。僧曰。撲手徵人。徒誇好手。師曰。握鞭側帽。豈是闍黎。曰。今古之道。何處藏身。師曰。闍黎作麼生。僧珍重。便出。師曰。未在。

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 witho

北院通禪師法嗣

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

京兆府香城和尚

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

初參北院。問曰。一似兩箇時如何。院曰。一箇賺汝。師乃有省。僧問。三光景色謝照燭事如何。師曰。朝邑峰前卓五彩。曰。不涉文彩事作麼生。師曰。如今特地過江來。問。向上一路。請師舉唱。師曰。釣絲鉤不出。問。牛頭還得四祖意否。師曰。沙書下點落千字。曰。下點後如何。師曰。別將一撮表人天。曰。恁麼則人人有也。師曰。汝又作麼生。問。囊無繫蟻之絲。廚絕聚蠅之糝時如何。師曰。日捨不求。思從妄得。

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 rejects attachment to words and appearances, directing the student inward. The master affirmed the insight, or corr

青原下七世

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

洞山延禪師法嗣

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

瑞州上藍院慶禪師

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

初遊方。問雪峰。如何是雪峰的的意。峰以杖子敲師頭。師應諾。峰大笑。師後承洞山印解。開法上藍。僧問。如何是上藍無刃劒。師曰。無。曰。為甚麼無。師曰。闍黎。諸方自有。

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

洪州同安慧敏禪師

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

初參洞山。問。諸聖以何為命。山曰。以不間斷。師曰。還有向上事也無。山曰。有。師曰。如何是向上事。山曰。不從間斷。師於言下有省。住後。僧問。請師一句。師曰。好記取。

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

金峰志禪師法嗣

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

廬山天池智隆禪師

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

在金峰普請般柴次。峰問。般柴人過水否。師曰。有一人。不過水。曰。不過水還般柴否。師曰。雖不般柴。也不得動著他。

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

鹿門真禪師法嗣

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

襄州谷隱智靜悟空禪師

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

僧問。如何是和尚轉身處。師曰。臥單子下。問。如何是道。師曰。鳳林關。曰。學人不會。師曰。直至荊南。問。如何是指歸之路。師曰。莫用伊。曰。還使學人到也無。師曰。甚麼處著得汝。問。靈山一會。何異今時。師曰。不異如今。曰。不異底事作麼生。師曰。如來密旨。迦葉不聞。問。古㵎寒泉。甚麼人得飲。師曰。絕飢渴者。曰。絕飢渴者如何得飲。師曰。東畎東流。西畎西流。

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 i

益州崇真禪師

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

僧問。如何是禪。師曰。澄潭釣玉兔。曰。如何是道。師曰。拍手笑清風。問。如何是大人相。師曰。泥揑三官土地堂。

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

襄州鹿門志行譚禪師

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

僧問。如何是實際理地。師曰。南贍部洲。北鬱單越。曰。恁麼則事同一家也。師曰。隔須彌在。問。遠遠投師。請師一接。師曰。從甚麼處來。曰。江北來。師曰。南堂裡安下。問。如何是清淨法身。師曰。戌亥年生。

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 r

廬山佛手巖行因禪師

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

鴈門人也。首謁鹿門。師資契會。尋抵廬山。山之北。有巖如五指。下有石窟。可三丈餘。師宴處其中。因號佛手巖和尚。江南李主三召不起。堅請就棲賢。開堂不逾月。潛歸巖室。僧問。如何是對現色身。師竪一指(法眼別雲。還有也未)。後示微疾。謂侍僧曰。日午吾去矣。及期。僧報日午也。師下床。行數步。屹然立化。李主備香薪。茶毗。塔於巖之陰。

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

曹山霞禪師法嗣

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

嘉州東汀和尚

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

僧問。如何是向去底人。師曰。石女紡麻縷。曰。如何是卻來底人。師曰。扇車關棙斷。問。徧界是佛身。教某甲甚麼處立。師曰。孤峰頂上木人呌。紅焰輝中石馬嘶。

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

草菴義禪師法嗣

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

泉州龜洋慧忠禪師

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

本州陳氏子。謁草菴。庵問。何方來。師曰。六眸峰。庵曰。還見六眸否。師曰。患非重瞳。庵然之。師尋回故山。屬唐武宗廢教。例民其衣。暨宣宗中興。師曰。古人有言。上昇道士不受籙。成佛沙彌不具戒。祇為白衣。過中不食。不宇而禪。跡不出山者三十年。述三偈以自見曰。雪後始知松栢操。雲收方見濟河分。不因世主教還俗。那辨雞群與鶴群。多年塵事謾騰騰。雖著方袍未是僧。今日修行依善慧。滿頭留髮候然燈。形儀雖變道常存。混俗心源亦不昏。試讀善財巡禮偈。當時豈例作沙門。謂門弟子曰。眾生不能解脫者。情累爾。悟道易。明道難。僧問。如何得明道去。師曰。但脫情見。其道自明矣。夫明之為言。信也。如禁蛇人。信其呪力藥力。以蛇綰弄揣懷袖中無難。未知呪藥等力者怖駭棄去。但諦見自心。情見便破。今千疑萬慮不得用者。未見自心者也。忽索香焚罷。安然而化。全身葬於無了禪師塔之東。後數年。塔忽坼裂。連階丈餘。主僧將發視之。是夜宴寂中見無了曰。不必更發也。今為沈陳二真身。無了姓沈。見馬祖。

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

同安丕禪師法嗣

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

洪州同安志禪師

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

先同安將示寂。上堂曰。多子塔前宗子秀。五老峰前事若何。如是三舉。未有對者。末後師出曰。夜明簾外排班立。萬裡歌謠道太平。安曰。須是這驢漢始得。住後。僧問。二機不到處。如何舉唱。師曰。徧處不逢。玄中不失。問。凡有言句。盡落今時。學人上來。請師直指。師曰。目前不現。句後不迷。曰。向上事如何。師曰。迥然不換。標的即乖。

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,