Old Monk Xuyun 13

Old Monk Xuyun 13 

During his lunch break, the old man would sometimes fall asleep, bend his head forward, and even snore.  

Once, we heard him snoring, so we left secretly, took the fruits in the room and went outside to eat and play.

When he woke up, he scolded us one by one.

We asked: "Didn't you, old man, fall asleep and snore just now? How did you know?"

He said, "I know all the delusions you have in your mind.

If you take something to eat outside, wouldn't I know?" ?"

Since then, we have believed that those who have understood life and death have broken through the five aggregates.

I saw that he was asleep, but his thoughts were clear and clear.

We also took the opportunity to ask him about his story about the old man living in a thatched hut in Zhongnan Mountain.

At that time, he was sixty-seven years old and lived in a thatched cottage in Zhongnan Mountain.

Master Jiechen was a master who taught a large number of sutras.

Hearing that the old monk had attained enlightenment at Gaomin Temple, he went to the Maofeng of Zhongnan Mountain to discuss the wisdom of Zen with the old monk.

The old monk heard what he was talking about and said to him: "Although your sharp debating is very good, it is not your real skill.

You cannot make the final decision on life and death.

The King of Hell will not let you go."

Don't argue any more, let's sit down and watch."

So the two of them meditated in the hut.

Once the old monk sat down, he remained motionless for seven days and seven nights.

However, Master Jiechen only sat for a long time, and his legs were already in severe pain, and his delusions made him even more restless.

他老人家中午休息時，有時也打昏沉，頭向前俯，甚至打鼻鼾。

有一次，我們聽到他在打鼻鼾，便偷偷地離開，拿著房裡面的果品到外面邊吃邊玩。

當他醒後，就逐件事來罵我們。

我們問：「剛才您老人家不是睡著了打鼻鼾嗎？你怎麼會知道呢？」

 

他說：「你心裡面打幾個妄想我都知道，你拿東西到外面吃，我會不知道嗎？」自此以後，我們才相信悟道了生死的人，已經破了五蘊。

見他是睡著了，其心思卻是明明瞭了，清清楚楚的。

 

我們也借著機緣問了他老人家在終南山住茅蓬的事蹟。

 

當年，他老人家六十七歲，在終南山住茅蓬。

戒塵法師，是一位講大部經的法師，聽說老和尚在高旻寺開了悟，便到終南山茅蓬找老和尚辯論禪宗的機鋒語。

 

老和尚聽他把話說得很大，便對他說：「你的機鋒辯論雖然很好，但這個不是你自己真正工夫，在生死根本上作不了主，閻王老子不會放過你的。

不要再多辯了，咱們倆坐坐看吧。」

 

於是他們兩人就在茅蓬裡打坐。

老和尚一坐，就是七日七夜，如如不動。

而戒塵法師只坐了半天，雙腿已痛得不得了，心裡的妄想更是煩躁不安。