Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Volume Ten
東京淨因自覺禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
青州王氏子。幼以儒業見知於司馬溫公。然事高尚。而無意功名。一旦落髮。從芙蓉遊。履踐精密。契悟超絕。出世住大乘。崇寧間詔居淨因。上堂。祖師西來。特唱此事。自是諸人不肯委悉。向外馳求。投赤水以尋珠。詣荊山而覓玉。殊不知從門入者。不是家珍。認影迷頭。豈非大錯。直得宗門提唱。體寂無依。念異不生。古今無間。森羅萬象。觸目家風。鳥道遼空。不妨舉步。金雞報曉。丹鳳翱翔。玉樹花開。枯枝結子。祇有太陽門下。日日三秋。明月堂前。時時九夏。要會麼。無影樹垂寒㵎月。海潮東注鬥移西。
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
西京天寧禧誧禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
蔡州宋氏子。初住韶山。次過天寧．丹霞。上堂。韶山近日沒巴鼻。眼裡聞聲鼻甞味。有時一覺到天明。不在床上不落地。大眾且道在甚麼處。諸人於斯下得一轉語。非唯救得韶山。亦乃不孤行腳。其或未然。三級浪高魚化龍。痴人猶戽夜塘水。問。如何是君。師曰。宇宙無雙日。乾坤祇一人。曰。如何是臣。師曰。德分明主化。道契物情機。曰。如何是臣向君。師曰。赤心歸舜日。盡節報堯天。曰。如何是君視臣。師曰。玄眸凝不瞬。妙體鑒旁來。曰。如何是君臣道合。師曰。帳符尊賤隔。潛信往來通。政和五年九月四日。忽召主事。令以楮囊分而為四。眾僧．童行．常住．津送各一。既而復曰。丹霞有箇公案。從來推倒扶起。今朝普示諸人。且道是箇甚底。顧視左右曰。會麼。曰。不會。師曰。偉哉大丈夫。不會末後句。遂就寢。右脇而化。
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. I
長安天寧大用齊璉禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
上堂。清虗之理。佛祖同歸。畢竟無身。聖凡一體。理則如是。滿目森羅事作麼生。纖塵絕際。渠儂有眼。豈在旁窺。官不容針。私通車馬。若到恁麼田地。始可隨機受用。信手拈來。妙應無方。當風玄路。直得金針錦縫。線腳不彰。玉殿寶階。珠簾未卷。正當此時。且道是甚麼人境界。古渡秋風寒颯颯。蘆花紅蓼滿江灣。
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
潼川府梅山己禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。如何是法身邊事。師曰。枯木糝花不犯春。曰。如何是法身向上事。師曰。石女不粧眉。
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
福州普賢善秀禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
僧問。如何是正中偏。師曰。龍吟初夜後。虎嘯五更前。曰。如何是偏中正。師曰。輕煙籠皓月。薄霧鎻寒巖。曰。如何是正中來。師曰。松瘁何曾老。花開滿未萌。曰。如何是兼中至。師曰。猿啼音莫辨。鶴唳響難明。曰。如何是兼中到。師曰。撥開雲外路。脫去月明前。
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 appearance
襄州鹿門法燈禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
成都劉氏子。依大慈寶範為僧。俾聽華嚴。得其要。棄謁芙蓉。蓉問曰。如何是空劫已前自己。師於言下。心跡泯然。從容進曰。靈然一句超群象。迥出三乘不假修。蓉撫而印之。開法鹿門。僧問。虗玄不犯。寶鑑光寒時如何。師曰。掘地深埋。問。如何是逍遙物外底人。師曰。徧身紅爛。不可扶持。
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
建昌軍資聖南禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
聖節上堂。顧視左右曰。諸人還知麼。夜明簾外之主。萬化不渝。瑠璃殿上之尊。四臣不昧。端拱而治。不令而行。壽逾百億須彌。化洽大千沙界。且道正恁麼時。如何行履。野老不知黃屋貴。六街慵聽靜鞭聲。
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
瑞州洞山微禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
上堂。日暖風和柳眼青。氷消魚躍浪花生。當鋒妙得空王印。半夜崑崙戴雪行。僧問。如何是默默相應底事。師曰。瘂子吃苦瓜。
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
太傅高世則居士
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
字仲貽。號無功。初參芙蓉。求指心要。蓉令去其所重。扣己而參。一日忽造微密。呈偈曰。懸崖撒手任縱橫。大地虗空自坦平。照壑輝巖不借月。庵頭別有一簾明。
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 exp
大洪恩禪師法嗣
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
隨州大洪守遂禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
遂寧章氏子。上堂召大眾。一拳拳倒黃鶴樓。一踏踏翻鸚鵡洲。慣向高樓驟玉馬。曾於急水打金毬。然雖恁麼。爭奈有五色絲絛繫手腳。三鑐金鎻鎻咽喉。直饒鎚碎金鎻。割斷絲絛。須知更有一重礙汝在。且道如何是那一重。還會麼。善吉維摩談不到。目連鶖子看如盲。上堂。舉。李刺史問藥山。何姓。山曰。正是時。李罔測。乃問院主。某甲適來問長老何姓。答道正是時。的當是姓甚麼。主曰。祇是姓韓。山聞曰。若六月對他。便道姓熱也。又。巖頭問講僧。見說大德會教。是否。曰。不敢。巖頭舉拳曰。是甚麼教。曰。是權教。頭曰。苦哉。我若展腳問你。不可道是腳教也。師曰。奇怪二老宿有殺人刀。有活人劒。一轉語似石上栽花。一轉語似空中掛劒。當時若無後語。達磨一宗掃土而盡。諸人要見二老宿麼。寧可截舌。不犯國諱。
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.
青原下十三世
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
丹霞淳禪師法嗣
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
真州長蘆真歇清了禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
左綿雍氏子。襁褓入寺見佛。喜動眉睫。鹹異之。年十八。試法華得度。往成都大慈習經論。領大意。出蜀至沔漢。扣丹霞之室。霞問。如何是空劫已前自己。師擬對。霞曰。你閙在。且去。一日登缽盂峰。豁然契悟。徑歸侍立。霞掌曰。將謂你知有。師欣然拜之。翌日。霞上堂曰。日照孤峰翠。月臨溪水寒。祖師玄妙訣。莫向寸心安。便下座。師直前曰。今日陞座。更瞞某不得也。霞曰。你試舉我今日陞座看。師良久。霞曰。將謂你瞥地。師便出。後遊五臺。之京師。浮汴直抵長蘆。謁祖照。一語契投。命為侍者。踰年分座。未幾照稱疾退閑。命師繼席。學者如歸。建炎末。遊四明主補陀。臺之天封。閩之雪峰。詔住育王。徙溫州龍翔。杭之徑山。慈寧皇太后命開山臯寧崇先。上堂。我於先師一掌下。伎倆俱盡。覓箇開口處不可得。如今還有恁麼快活不徹底漢麼。若無。銜鐵負鞍。各自著便。上堂。久默斯要。不務速說。釋迦老子待要款曲賣弄。爭奈未出母胎。已被人覷破。且道覷破箇甚麼。瞞雪峰不得。上堂。上孤峰頂。過獨木橋。驀直恁麼行。猶是時人腳高腳低處。若見得徹。不出戶身徧十方。未入門常在屋裡。其或未然。趂涼般取一轉柴。上堂。道得第一句。不被拄杖子瞞。識得拄杖子。猶是途路中事。作麼生是到地頭一句。上堂。處處覓不得。祇有一處不覓自得。且道是那一處。良久曰。賊身已露。上堂。口邊白醭去。始得入門。通身紅爛去。方知有門裡事。更須知有不出門底。乃曰。喚甚麼作門。僧問。三世諸佛向火焰裡轉大法輪。還端的也無。師大笑曰。我卻疑著。曰。和尚為甚麼卻疑著。師曰。野花香滿路。幽鳥不知春。問。不落風彩。還許轉身也無。師曰。石人行處不同功。曰。向上事作麼生。師曰。妙在一漚前。豈容千聖眼。僧禮拜。師曰。祇恐不恁麼。師一日入廚看煑麵次。
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, o
忽桶底脫。眾皆失聲。曰。可惜許。師曰。桶底脫自合歡喜。因甚麼卻煩惱。僧曰。和尚即得。師曰。灼然。可惜許一桶麵。問僧。你死後燒作灰。撒卻了向甚麼處去。僧便喝。師曰。好一喝。祇是不得飜款。僧又喝。師曰。公案未圓。更喝始得。僧無語。師打曰。這死漢。上堂。苔封古徑。不墮虗凝。霧鎻寒林。肯彰風要。鉤針穩密。孰雲漁父棲巢。祇麼承當。自是平常快活。還有具透關眼底麼。良久曰。直饒聞早便歸去。爭似從來不出門。上堂。乍雨乍晴。乍寒乍熱。山僧底箇。山僧自知。諸人底箇。諸人自說。且道雪峰口除吃飯外。要作甚麼。問僧。瑠璃殿上玉女攛梭。明甚麼邊事。曰。回互不當機。師曰。還有斷續也無。曰。古今不曾間。師曰。正當不曾間時如何。僧珍重。便出。上堂。撼拄杖曰。看。看。三千大千世界。一時搖動。雲門大師即得。雪峰則不然。卓拄杖曰。三千大千世界。向甚麼處去。還會麼。不得重梅雨。秧苗爭見青。上堂。幻化空身即法身。遂作舞雲。見麼見麼。恁麼見得。過橋村酒美。又作舞雲。見麼見麼。恁麼不見。隔岸野花香。上堂。還有不被玄妙汙染底麼。良久曰。這一點傾四海水。已是洗脫不下。僧問。如何是空劫已前自己。師曰。白馬入蘆花。上堂。窮微喪本。體妙失宗。一句截流。淵玄及盡。是以金針密處。不露光鋩。玉線通時。潛舒異彩。雖然如是。猶是交互雙明。且道巧拙不到。作麼生相委。良久曰。雲蘿秀處青陰合。巖樹高低翠鎻深。上堂。轉功就位。是向去底人。玉韞荊山貴。轉位就功是卻來底人。紅爐片雪春。功位俱轉。通身不滯。撒手亡依。石女夜登機。密室無人掃。正恁麼時。絕氣息一句作麼生相委。良久曰。歸根風墮葉。照盡月潭空。師終於臯寧崇先。塔於寺西華桐嵨。諡悟空禪師。
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 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
明州天童宏智正覺禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
隰州李氏子。母夢五臺一僧解環與。環其右臂。乃孕。遂齋戒。及生。右臂特起若環狀。七歲。日誦數千言。祖寂。父宗道。久參佛陀遜禪師。甞指師謂其父曰。此子道韻勝甚。非塵埃中人。苟出家。必為法器。十一得度於淨明本宗。十四具戒。十八遊方。訣其祖曰。若不發明大事。誓不歸矣。及至汝州香山。成枯木一見。深所器重。一日。聞僧誦蓮經。至父母所生眼。悉見三千界。瞥然有省。即詣丈室陳所悟。山指臺上香合曰。裡面是甚麼物。師曰。是甚麼心行。山曰。汝悟處又作麼生。師以手畵一圓相呈之。復拋向後。山曰。弄泥團漢有甚麼限。師曰。錯。山曰。別見人始得。師應喏喏。即造丹霞。霞問。如何是空劫已前自己。師曰。井底蝦蟆吞卻月。三更不借夜明簾。霞曰。未在更道。師擬議。霞打一拂子曰。又道不借。師言下釋然。遂作禮。霞曰。何不道取一句。師曰。某甲今日失錢遭罪。霞曰。未暇打得你。且去。霞領大洪。師掌牋記。後命首眾。得法者已數人。四年過圓通。時真歇初住長蘆。遣僧邀至。眾出迎。見其衣舃穿弊。且易之。真歇俾侍者易以新履。師卻曰。吾為鞋來邪。眾聞心服。懇求說法。居第一座。六年出住泗州普照。次補太平圓通能仁及長蘆。天童屋廬湫隘。師至創闢一新。衲子爭集。上堂。黃閣簾垂。誰傳家信。紫羅帳合。暗撒真珠。正恁麼時視聽有所不到。言詮有所不及。如何通得箇消息去。夢回夜色依俙皢。笑指家風爛熳春。上堂。心不能緣。口不能議。直饒退步荷擔。切忌當頭觸諱。風月寒清古渡頭。夜船撥轉瑠璃地。上堂。空劫有真宗。聲前問己躬。赤窮新活計。清白舊家風。的的三乘外。寥寥一印中。卻來行異類。萬派自朝東。上堂。今日是釋迦老子降誕之辰。長蘆不解說禪。與諸人畵箇樣子。祇如在摩耶胎時作麼生。以拂子畵此○相。曰。祇如以清淨水。
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 insigh
浴金色身時又作麼生。復畵此[○@水]相。曰。祇如周行七步。目顧四方。指天指地。成道說法。神通變化。智慧辯才。四十九年。三百餘會。說青道黃。指東畵西。入般涅槃時。又作麼生。乃畵此⊕相。復曰。若是具眼衲僧。必也相許。其或未然。一一歷過始得。上堂。僧問。如何是向去底人。師曰。白雲投壑盡。青嶂倚空高。曰。如何是卻來底人。師曰。滿頭白髮離巖谷。半夜穿雲入市𫑮。曰。如何是不來不去底人。師曰。石女喚回三界夢。木人坐斷六門機。乃曰。句裡明宗則易。宗中辨的則難。良久曰。還會麼。凍雞未報家林曉。隱隱行人過雪山。僧問。一絲不著時如何。師曰。合同船子並頭行。曰。其中事作麼生。師曰。快刀快斧斫不入。問。布袋頭開時如何。師曰。一任填溝塞壑。問。清虗之理畢竟無身時如何。師曰。文彩未痕初。消息難傳際。曰。一步密移玄路轉。通身放下劫壺空。師曰。誕生就父時。合體無遺照。曰。理既如是。事作麼生。師曰。歷歷才回分化事。十方機應又何妨。曰。恁麼則塵塵皆現本來身去也。師曰。透一切色。超一切心。曰。如理如事又作麼生。師曰。路逢死虵莫打殺。無底籃子盛將歸。曰。入市能長嘯。歸家著短衫。師曰。木人嶺上歌。石女溪邊舞。上堂。諸禪德。吞盡三世佛底人。為甚麼開口不得。照破四天下底人。為甚麼閤眼不得。許多病痛。與你一時拈卻了也。且作麼生得十成通暢去。還會麼。擘開華嶽連天色。放出黃河到海聲。師住持以來。受無貪而施無厭。歲艱食。竭己有及贍眾之餘。賴全活者數萬。日常過午不食。紹興丁丑九月。謁郡僚及檀度。次謁越帥趙公令詪。與之言別。十月七日還山。翌日辰巳間。沐浴更衣。端坐告眾。顧侍僧索筆作書遺育王大慧禪師。請主後事。仍書偈曰。夢幻空花。六十七年。白鳥煙沒。秋水連天。擲筆而逝。
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 wi
龕留七日。顏貌如生。奉全軀塔於東谷。諡宏智。塔名妙光。
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
隨州大洪慧照慶預禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
上堂。進一步踐他國王水草。退一步踏他祖父田園。不進不退。正在死水中。還有出身之路也無。蕭騷晚籟松釵短。遊漾春風柳線長。上堂。舉船子囑夾山曰。直須藏身處無蹤跡。無蹤跡處莫藏身。吾在藥山三十年。祇明此事。今時人為甚麼卻造次。丹山無彩鳳。寶殿不留冠。有時憨。有時痴。非我途中爭得知。
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 experience and awakening. The teaching r
處州治平湡禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
上堂。優遊實際妙明家。轉步移身指落霞。無限白雲猶不見。夜乘明月出蘆花。
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
淨因成禪師法嗣
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ
台州天封子歸禪師
The passage records a dialogue in the Chan tradition. A monk asked about the Way, and the master answ