Eighty-Five: Do Not Create Negative Karma of Speech 八十五、不惜口业
Teacher Qi Zhijun | 2018-06-23 | Download | AI assisted translation
| 〖公案原文〗 |
[Original Koan] |
| 太瘤，蜀僧，居众，常叹佛法混滥、异见锋起。乃曰：“我参禅若得真正知见，当不惜口业。”遂发愿礼马祖塔，长年不辍。忽一日，塔放白光，感而有悟。后所至丛林，勘验老宿。 |
Tai Liu, a monastic from Shu, lived among the assembly and often lamented that the Buddhadharma had become muddled and adulterated, with divergent views arising in sharp contention. He therefore said, “If, through my Chan practice, I attain genuine understanding and insight, I will not spare myself the karma of speech.” He then vowed to pay homage at Mazu’s stūpa without interruption throughout the year. One day, the stūpa suddenly emitted a white light, and he was moved to awakening. Thereafter, wherever he went among Chan monasteries, he tested the senior masters. |
| 过雪窦山前云：“这老汉口里水漉漉地。”雪窦闻其语，意似不平。及太见雪窦，窦云：“你不肯老僧那？”太云：“老汉果然口里水漉漉地。”遂[扌+戚]一坐具，便出。 |
As he passed before Mount Xuedou, he said, “That old fellow’s mouth is dripping with water.” When Xuedou heard this, he seemed displeased. When Tai later met Xuedou, Xuedou said, “You do not approve of this old monk?” Tai said, “That old fellow’s mouth is indeed dripping with water.” He struck his sitting cloth once and left. |
| 直岁不甘，中路令人殴打，损太一足。太云：“此是雪窦老汉使之，他日须折一足偿我。”后果如其言。 |
The monastery steward was indignant and had someone beat Tai on the road, crippling one of Tai’s feet. Tai said, “This was ordered by that old fellow Xuedou. One day he must break a foot to repay me.” Later, it happened just as he had said. |
| 太后至都下，放意市肆中。有官人请归家供养，太屡告辞，官人确留之，愈加敬礼，每使侍妾馈食其前。一日偶官人至，太故意挑其妾，官人以此改礼，遂得辞去。不数日，闹市中端坐而化。 |
After Tai arrived in the capital, he behaved freely in the marketplaces. An official invited him home to make offerings to him. Tai repeatedly asked to take his leave, but the official insisted on keeping him and treated him with ever greater reverence, often having his concubines bring food before him. One day, when the official happened to arrive, Tai deliberately flirted with one of his concubines. The official then changed his manner of reverence, and Tai was thus able to depart. A few days later, he sat upright in the busy market and passed away. |
| 〖老人眉批〗 |
[The Elder’s Marginal Notes] |
| 莫道佛祖无灵，只怕行人心不坚诚！ |
Do not say that the Buddhas and patriarchs lack spiritual efficacy; fear only that practitioners’ hearts are not firm and sincere! |
| 雪窦，雪窦，尤有这个在！ |
Xuedou, Xuedou—he still has this! |
| 直岁何人哉？竟出此下策！ |
What sort of person was this monastery steward, to resort to such a low tactic? |
| 〖锯解秤砣〗 |
[Sawing Open the Steelyard Weight] |
| 有一位四川的出家师父，名叫太瘤。他见佛法混滥，各起异见，就发下大愿：“我参禅若得真正知见，当不惜口业。”于是就常年礼拜马祖塔。终于有一日，塔放白光，他忽然感悟了。从此，他就到各禅宗寺院去考验老和尚。哈哈！果然是功夫不负有心人哪。 |
There was a monastic teacher from Sichuan named Tai Liu. Seeing that the Buddhadharma had become muddled and adulterated, with everyone advancing divergent views, he made this great vow: “If, through my Chan practice, I attain genuine understanding and insight, I will not spare myself the karma of speech.” He then paid homage at Mazu’s stūpa year after year. Finally, one day, the stūpa emitted a white light, and he suddenly awakened. From then on, he went to Chan monasteries to test the old masters. Ha ha! Indeed, diligent effort does not fail one who is determined. |
| 老人感叹说：“莫道佛祖无灵，只怕行人心不坚诚！”是啊！今人大多心不坚诚，却怨佛法无灵验。总想一分钱就买个大彩电，那怎么能办得到啊！ |
The Elder sighed, “Do not say that the Buddhas and patriarchs lack spiritual efficacy; fear only that practitioners’ hearts are not firm and sincere!” Indeed! Most people today lack firmness and sincerity, yet complain that the Buddhadharma has no efficacy. They always want to buy a large color television for a penny—how could that possibly be done? |
| 太瘤来到雪窦禅师那里，评论雪窦：“这老汉口里水漉漉地。”——批评雪窦禅师废话太多。雪窦禅师问他：“你不肯老僧么？”他说：“这老汉果然口里水漉漉地。”打一坐具，就离开了。 |
Tai Liu came to Chan Master Xuedou and commented on him: “That old fellow’s mouth is dripping with water”—criticizing Chan Master Xuedou for talking too much nonsense. Chan Master Xuedou asked him, “You do not approve of this old monk?” He replied, “That old fellow’s mouth is indeed dripping with water.” He struck his sitting cloth once and left. |
| 雪窦竟然问“你不肯老僧么”，你要他肯做么！老人也批评雪窦：“雪窦，雪窦，尤有这个在！”这个是什么？是要别人肯哪！德山禅师也说过“你不肯老僧那”，那是对他的弟子岩头说的。太瘤并不是雪窦的弟子，雪窦对太瘤说这个话就欠妥，恰恰暴露出尤有“这个”在！ |
Xuedou actually asked, “You do not approve of this old monk?” Did he expect Tai to approve of him? The Elder also criticized Xuedou: “Xuedou, Xuedou—he still has this!” What is this? It is wanting others to approve of him. Chan Master Deshan also said, “You do not approve of this old monk?” but he said it to his disciple Yantou. Tai Liu was not Xuedou’s disciple, so it was inappropriate for Xuedou to say this to Tai Liu. It exposed precisely that he still had “this”! |
| 直岁见太瘤不肯雪窦，很不满意，竟起了嗔恨心，叫人在半路上截住太瘤殴打，打残了太瘤一只脚。太瘤说：“这一定是雪窦老汉指使的，以后须折一足偿还我。”后来雪窦禅师果然也残了一只脚。 |
When the monastery steward saw that Tai Liu did not approve of Xuedou, he was very dissatisfied. He actually gave rise to anger and had someone intercept Tai Liu on the road and beat him, crippling one of Tai Liu’s feet. Tai Liu said, “This must have been instigated by that old fellow Xuedou. Later, he must break one foot to repay me.” Later, Chan Master Xuedou indeed became crippled in one foot. |
| 这都是直岁给雪窦惹的祸。老人责骂直岁：“直岁何人哉？竟出此下策！”别人不肯，便伤害别人，当然是下策。欲求别人肯，须象前面公案里的保宁勇禅师那样，发愤立志，提升自己的素质，这样才是上策。 |
This was all trouble that the monastery steward brought upon Xuedou. The Elder rebuked the steward: “What sort of person was this monastery steward, to resort to such a low tactic?” If others do not approve of you and you then harm them, that is of course a low tactic. If you seek others’ approval, you must be like Chan Master Baoning Yong in the preceding koan: exert yourself, establish your resolve, and improve your own qualities. That is the superior course. |
| 太瘤来到京城，在闹市中放荡形骸。有个做官的人把他请到家里供养。他要告辞，官人却更加恭敬，勉强留他。他要考考官人的恭敬是真是假，便出了个主意——当着官人的面挑逗其妾。官人不高兴了（不及格），又去改请别的和尚，太瘤便离开官人之家。十来天后，太瘤在闹市中端坐而化。 |
Tai Liu came to the capital and behaved uninhibitedly in the busy marketplaces. An official invited him home to make offerings to him. Tai Liu wished to take his leave, but the official treated him with even greater reverence and forcibly kept him there. Tai Liu wanted to test whether the official’s reverence was genuine, so he devised a plan: before the official’s eyes, he flirted with one of the official’s concubines. The official was displeased (he had failed the test) and instead invited other monks. Tai Liu then left the official’s home. Ten-odd days later, Tai Liu sat upright in the busy market and passed away. |
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| 老人的不惜口业，顶礼老人！ 草寇 11:08:20 8/11/02(14K) |
The Elder did not spare himself the karma of speech—I pay homage to the Elder! Grass Bandit 11:08:20 8/11/02 (14K) |
| 到底是不是雪窦禅师指使?为什么他折脚? lixy 01:15:40 8/11/02(无内容) |
Was it really instigated by Chan Master Xuedou? Why did he break his foot? lixy 01:15:40 8/11/02 (no content) |
| 哈哈！反正不是您指使，也不是我。 lvm 09:00:59 8/11/02(49) |
Ha ha! In any case, it was not instigated by you, nor by me. lvm 09:00:59 8/11/02 (49) |
| 唉！如今此时，那太瘤其不正是真佛子的榜样吗？！ etum 18:41:27 8/15/02(无内容) |
Alas! At such a time as this, is not Tai Liu truly a model for the Buddha’s disciples?! etum 18:41:27 8/15/02 (no content) |
