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It is inconvenient to go. I must wait for Jiashan (Zen Master's name) to strike a blow before going. What is the intention? Xiushan Lord (Personal name) asked Zen Master Chengyuan (Chengyuan Zen Master). The Gandharva King (Gandharva King, a Buddhist guardian deity) plays music, causing Mount Sumeru (Mount Sumeru, the sacred mountain in the Buddhist cosmology) to totter and the sea to surge. Kasyapa (Kasyapa, one of the Buddha's disciples) dances. How do you understand this? Zen Master Chengyuan said, 'Kasyapa was a musician in a past life, and his habitual tendencies have not been eliminated.' Xiushan Lord said, 'Mount Sumeru tottering and the sea surging, how should that be understood?' Chengyuan remained silent. The Zen Master (referring to the questioner) answered on his behalf, 'This is precisely habitual tendencies.' The Zen Master asked Xiushan Lord, 'Yangshan's (Yangshan, Zen Master's name) four gates of light, when responding with the eyes, the whole body is ears; when responding with the ears, the whole body is eyes. How do you understand this?' Xiushan Lord said, 'What is in the eyes is used as what is in the ears; what is in the ears is used as what is in the eyes.' The Zen Master said, 'This is precisely playing with the spirit.' Xiushan Lord asked in return, 'How does the Abbot understand it?' The Zen Master repeated the question once more, and Xiushan Lord then understood. The Zen Master had long studied under Changqing Leng (Changqing Leng, Zen Master's name), but later inherited the Dharma lineage of Dizang (Dizang, Bodhisattva's name). Under Changqing Leng, there was a Chief Zizhao (Zizhao Chief, a monastic title) who often discussed ancient and modern sayings with the Zen Master. Upon hearing of this, Zizhao was indignant. One day, he specially led a group of people to Fuzhou (Fuzhou, place name) to question the Zen Master. Upon learning of this, the Zen Master led the assembly out to greet them, treating them with special courtesy. After the host and guests were seated, each hung up a whisk (fly-whisk, a Zen implement). After tea, Zizhao suddenly changed his expression and asked in a loud voice, 'Elder, when you opened the Dharma hall, whose Dharma lineage did you inherit?' The Zen Master said, 'Dizang.' Zizhao said, 'Why do you betray our late teacher Changqing? I have been with you under Changqing for decades, discussing ancient and modern matters without any separation. Why did you inherit the Dharma lineage of Dizang?' The Zen Master said, 'I do not understand Changqing's turning point of cause and condition.' Zizhao said, 'Why didn't you ask?' The Zen Master said, 'Changqing said, 'The self is uniquely revealed within the myriad phenomena (In the midst of all phenomena, the self is uniquely revealed),' what is the intention?' Zizhao raised his whisk. The Zen Master then scolded, 'Chief, this is just what you learned in the past, how else would you say it?' Zizhao was speechless. The Zen Master said, 'Just like 'The self is uniquely revealed within the myriad phenomena,' is it parting the myriad phenomena or not parting the myriad phenomena?' Zizhao said, 'Not parting.' The Zen Master said, 'Then there are two.' At that time, the accompanying monks said in unison, 'Parting the myriad phenomena.' The Zen Master said, 'What then is the self uniquely revealed within the myriad phenomena?' Zizhao and the assembly were speechless. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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𢣾㦬而退。师指住云。首座。杀父杀母。犹通忏悔。谤大般若。诚难忏悔。昭竟无对。自此却参师。发明已见。更不开堂。 师缘被于金陵。三坐大道场。朝夕演旨。时诸方丛林。咸遵风化。异域有慕其法者。涉远而至。玄沙正宗。中兴于江表。师调机顺物。斥滞磨昏。凡举诸方三昧。或入室呈解。或叩激请益。皆应病与药。随根悟入者。不可胜纪。周显德五年戊午七月十七日示疾。国主亲加礼问。闰月五日。剃发澡身。告众讫。跏趺而逝。颜貌如生。寿七十有四。腊五十四。城下诸寺院。具威仪迎引。公卿李建勋以下素服。奉全身于江宁县丹阳起塔。谥大法眼禅师。塔云无相。后李主。创报慈院。命师门人玄觉言导师开法。再谥师大智藏大导师(终)。 现代汉语译本： 于是惶恐不安地退下。法眼禅师指着他说：‘首座，杀父杀母，尚且可以通过忏悔来消除罪业，但诽谤《大般若经》（Mahaprajna Sutra，般若智慧的经典），确实难以忏悔。’ 慧昭最终无言以对。从此之后，他反而开始参学法眼禅师，最终发明了自己的见地。但他之后再也没有开堂讲法。 法眼禅师的教化因缘在金陵（Jinling，今南京）展开，曾三次在大的道场说法，早晚不停地阐述佛法宗旨。当时各地的丛林寺院，都遵循他的风范教化。甚至有其他国家仰慕他的佛法的人，不远万里前来求法。玄沙（Xuansha）一脉的正宗禅法，在江东地区得以中兴。法眼禅师善于调和机缘，顺应事物，斥责停滞，磨练昏昧。凡是举出各方禅师的三昧（Samadhi，禅定）境界，或者入室呈述自己的理解，或者叩问激发，请求指教的人，他都能应病与药，根据不同的根器，使他们悟入佛法。因此而开悟的人，数不胜数。周显德五年戊午七月十七日，法眼禅师示现疾病。国主亲自前去问候。闰八月初五，法眼禅师剃发洗身，向大众告别完毕，便跏趺坐化圆寂，颜貌如生。享年七十四岁，僧腊五十四年。城下各寺院，都以庄严的仪仗迎接法眼禅师的遗体。公卿李建勋等身着素服，将法眼禅师的全身安奉在江宁县丹阳，并起塔供奉。谥号为大法眼禅师，塔名为无相。后来，南唐后主李煜创建报慈院，命法眼禅师的门人玄觉禅师开堂说法。又追谥法眼禅师为大智藏大导师。（终）
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English version: Then, Hui Zhao retreated in dismay. The Master pointed at him and said, 'Head Seat, even killing one's father and mother can still be atoned for through repentance. But slandering the Mahaprajna (Great Wisdom) Sutra is truly difficult to repent for.' Hui Zhao was ultimately speechless. From then on, he instead began to study with the Master, eventually developing his own understanding. However, he never again opened a hall to preach. The Master's karmic connection flourished in Jinling (present-day Nanjing), where he presided over large Dharma assemblies three times, expounding the Dharma day and night. At that time, monasteries everywhere followed his example and teachings. Even people from foreign lands, admiring his Dharma, traveled great distances to seek it. The orthodox lineage of Xuansha was revived in the Jiangdong region. The Master was skilled at harmonizing opportunities and adapting to circumstances, rebuking stagnation and refining dullness. Whenever someone presented the Samadhi (meditative absorption) states of various Zen masters, or presented their own understanding in private, or sought guidance through questioning and stimulation, he would always prescribe the appropriate medicine according to their ailment, enabling them to awaken to the Dharma according to their individual capacities. The number of those who attained enlightenment as a result was countless. On the 17th day of the seventh month of the year Wu-Wu in the fifth year of Zhou Xiande, the Master manifested illness. The ruler of the state personally inquired after him. On the fifth day of the intercalary eighth month, the Master shaved his head, bathed his body, and bid farewell to the assembly. Then, he sat in the lotus position and passed away peacefully, his countenance as if alive. He lived to the age of seventy-four, with fifty-four years as a monk. The monasteries below the city all welcomed the Master's remains with solemn ceremony. Government officials such as Li Jianxun and others, dressed in plain clothes, enshrined the Master's whole body in Danyang, Jiangning County, and erected a pagoda for its veneration. His posthumous title was Great Dharma Eye Zen Master, and the pagoda was named 'No Form'. Later, the Later Lord Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty established Bao Ci Monastery and ordered the Master's disciple, Zen Master Xuanjue, to open a Dharma hall and preach. The Master was further posthumously honored as Great Wisdom Treasury Great Teacher. (End) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------