第六則 沙彌住庵(雨雪)
Case 6: A Novice Monk Stays at a Hermitage(Rain and Snow)
示眾云。告往知來不妨俏俊。心明意顯沒可思量。忽遇同風。莫有遞相證據者麼。
The Master addressed the assembly, saying: "To speak of the past and know the future—this is indeed clever and sharp. When mind is clear and meaning revealed, there is nothing left to ponder. But if you suddenly meet someone of the same spirit, is there anyone here who can bear witness?"
舉高沙彌住菴。一日歸來值雨(教休不肯休)。藥山云甚麼處來(不消詐問)。彌云窊裏來(我豈不知)。山云可殺濕(便恁麼來)。彌云不打這皷笛(似有魂靈)。雲嵓云。皮也無。打甚麼皷(承虛接響)。道吾云。皷也無。打甚麼皮(接響承虛)。山云一場好曲調(沒孔笛逢毡拍板。阿誰肯助采聲來)。
The novice monk Juga was staying in a hermitage. One day he returned in the rain. (He was told to stop but wouldn't stop.) Yaoshan asked, "Where have you come from?" (No need for such a sly question.) The novice replied, "From the valley." (As if I didn't know.) Yaoshan said, "You must be soaking wet." (Just like that, he came.) The novice said, "I'm not playing this drum and flute." (Seems to have some spirit.) Yunyan said, "There isn't even a drum skin—what are you playing?" (Catching echoes from emptiness.) Daowu said, "There isn't even a drum—what skin are you playing?" (Receiving emptiness from echoes.) Yaoshan said, "What a fine melody." (A flute without holes meets a felt clapper. Who would help with the rhythm?)
師云。澧州高沙彌。一日辭藥山。山問甚麼處去。彌云某甲在眾有妨。且往路邊卓箇草菴。接待往來茶湯去。曰生死事大何不受戒去。云。知是般事便休。更喚甚麼作戒。曰。汝既如是。不得離吾左右。時復與子相見。彌住庵後。一日歸來值雨。山曰你來也。云是。曰可煞濕。云不打這皷笛。雲嵓云。皮也無。打甚麼皷。道吾云。皷也無。打甚麼皮。山曰今日大好一場曲調。此則公案與祖燈所載大同小異。大抵談其神駿。略其玄黃。不足恠也。據藥山恁麼問。高沙彌與麼答。佛事人情一時周足。更那堪雲嵓道吾把火助熱見義勇為。共垂隻手著力扶持。此迴爨弄幾箇能知。若非藥山老漢。險不解合支離。所以道今日大好一場曲調。且看丹霞如何斷和。頌曰。
The master said: The monk Gao of Lizhou once took leave of Yaoshan. Yaoshan asked, "Where are you going?" Gao replied, "My presence among the assembly is an obstruction. I will go to the roadside and set up a thatched hut to offer tea and water to travelers."
Yaoshan said, "The matter of birth and death is great. Why not take the precepts?"
Gao replied, "Knowing this very matter, one rests. What more is there to call 'precepts'?"
Yaoshan said, "Since you are thus, do not leave my side. I will see you from time to time."
Gao dwelt in his hut. One day he returned during the rain. Yaoshan said, "You have come." "Yes," replied Gao. "You must be quite wet," said Yaoshan. "I do not beat this drum and flute," replied Gao.
Yunyan said, "There is not even skin—what drum is there to beat?"
Daowu said, "There is not even a drum—what skin is there to beat?"
Yaoshan said, "Today there is truly a fine melody."
This case is largely the same as recorded in the Ancestral Lamp, with minor differences. Generally, it speaks of the spirited steed, overlooking its color—no need for surprise.
According to how Yaoshan asked and how Gao answered, the Buddha's work and human feeling are fully satisfied. How much more so when Yunyan and Daowu added fire to the heat, seeing righteousness and courageously acting, together extending a hand to offer support. This performance—how many can understand it? If not for the old man Yaoshan, it would nearly fail to harmonize the scattered. Thus it is said, "Today there is truly a fine melody." Now see how Danxia judges the harmony. The verse says:
偶爾垂言借問伊(諦聽諦聽善思念之)。知音爭肯落今時(塵中能作主。化外自來賓)。胡家不犯宮商曲(細抹將來)。玉笛同將劫外吹(萬籟有心聞不得。孤巖無耳却知音)。
Occasionally, I drop a word to inquire of him.(Listen carefully, listen well, and contemplate it deeply.) Who among those who understand would be willing to fall into this present time?(In the dust, one can become the master; beyond transformation, guests come of their own accord.) The Hu family does not play the tunes of palace and shang.(Gently pluck them to come.) Together, we blow the jade flute beyond the kalpas.(All sounds have a mind, yet they cannot be heard; the solitary cliff has no ears, yet it knows the tune.)
師云。自佛祖以來莫不入廛垂手曲垂方便。物物頭頭明明了了指示於人。世尊一日示隨色摩尼珠問五方天王曰。此珠作何色。時五方天王互說異色。世尊復藏珠入袖却臺手曰此珠作何色。天王曰。佛手中無珠。何處有色。世尊嘆曰。汝何迷倒之甚。吾將世珠示汝。便各強說有青黃赤白色。吾將真珠示之。便總不知。時五方天王悉皆悟道。林泉道。不因佛指示。洎乎錯商量。曹溪六祖初自新州來參五祖。祖問曰汝自何來。云嶺南。曰欲須何事。云唯求作佛。曰。嶺南人無佛性。若為得佛。云。人有南北。佛性豈然。祖知是異人乃訶曰著槽廠去。遂禮足而退。林泉道。若不得流水。還應過別山。此豈非佛祖偶爾垂言借問伊處。古之今之本無兩樣。若是知音賢者。爭肯於今時言句上鑽研。識情內卜度。萬派潮宗皆歸性海。豈不快哉。況胡笳不犯宮商曲。非獲耳根圓通何能知之也耶。賴遇藥山父子。沙彌昆仲雲嵓道吾共品玉笛。節拍相隨。奏佳韻於千秋。遺清音於萬古。還會麼。不消頻側耳。何必恠雙睛。