南嶽繼起和尚語錄
南岳繼起和尚語錄卷之一
南岳繼起和尚大宗堂錄彙自序
J34nB301_p0281a02庚戌長夏,病榻山中,念行腳高士囊缽蕭然,不獨古J34nB301_p0281a03人語錄不能購,與我同生此世者,尚不得讀我全書,J34nB301_p0281a04秪因卷帙浩繁,慨然於諸會錄中,取其語之簡直者,J34nB301_p0281a05釐為十卷,曰大宗堂錄彙。其實如樹泉、報慈、甲辰、湘J34nB301_p0281a06雲館散錄、堯封後錄,皆於古人說不到處盡心而出,J34nB301_p0281a07一字不可捨者,無以得此失彼,反使老僧賺卻闍黎。
J34nB301_p0281a08壬子九月霜降第一日,退翁自序。
南岳繼起和尚語錄總目
J34nB301_p0281a22- 卷之一J34nB301_p0281a23
- 住常州夫山祥符寺語 J34nB301_p0281a24
- 住台州天台國清寺語 J34nB301_p0281a25
- 住蘇州靈嵒崇報寺語
J34nB301_p0281a26 - 卷之二J34nB301_p0281a27
- 住蘇州靈巖崇報寺語
J34nB301_p0281a28 - 卷之三J34nB301_p0281a29
- 住蘇州靈巖崇報寺語
J34nB301_p0281a30 - 卷之四J34nB301_p0281b01
- 住蘇州靈嵒崇報寺語 J34nB301_p0281b02
- 住蘇州堯封寶雲寺語
J34nB301_p0281b03 - 卷之五J34nB301_p0281b04
- 住蘇州虎丘雲巖寺語 J34nB301_p0281b05
- 住秀州金粟廣慧寺語
J34nB301_p0281b06 - 卷之六J34nB301_p0281b07
- 住衡州南岳福嚴寺語 J34nB301_p0281b08
- 衡州花藥寺語 J34nB301_p0281b09
- 高峰理山寺語 J34nB301_p0281b10
- 武昌東巖寺語 J34nB301_p0281b11
- 住漢陽大別山興國寺語
J34nB301_p0281b12 - 卷之七J34nB301_p0281b13
- 靈巖廿一錄卷上
J34nB301_p0281b14 - 卷之八J34nB301_p0281b15
- 靈巖廿一錄卷下
J34nB301_p0281b16 - 卷之九J34nB301_p0281b17
- 南岳正續錄卷上
J34nB301_p0281b18 - 卷之十J34nB301_p0281b19
- 南岳正續錄卷下
南岳繼起和尚語錄卷之一
J34nB301_p0281c02 J34nB301_p0281c03住常州夫山祥符寺語
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J34nB301_p0282a24晚參。「七十二峰各住本位,三萬餘頃去不至方,我輩J34nB301_p0282a25林下人,月聽其自白、風看他自清,一向申申夭夭,樂J34nB301_p0282a26此太平時節,有粥、有飯,諸人還甘也無?若甘去,驀地J34nB301_p0282a27卒風暴雨,如何避得過?若不甘,無事不可生事,千個J34nB301_p0282a28作團、萬個作塊,我也不敢錯怪你、你也不要錯怪人。」
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J34nB301_p0282b02上堂。舉:「汾陽曰:『識得拄杖子,參學事畢。』泐潭曰:『識得J34nB301_p0282b03拄杖子,入地獄如箭射。』」師拈起拄杖曰:「壁立直條拄J34nB301_p0282b04杖子,強生節目。山僧自先三峰手中接下,年來放在J34nB301_p0282b05冷壁角裡,動也不曾動著。諸人道是識得識不得?參J34nB301_p0282b06學事畢也未?將來入地獄否?簡得出,汾陽入地獄如J34nB301_p0282b07箭,泐潭參學事畢;點不出,拄杖子在汝眼裏為災為J34nB301_p0282b08祟。爭得如金鱗透網,游泳波瀾,俊鳥離籠,翱翔碧落?J34nB301_p0282b09夫山有個方便。」遂拗折拄杖曰:「大眾即不得話作兩J34nB301_p0282b10橛。」
J34nB301_p0282b11普請,上堂。「諸方老宿盡道接物利生,開門七件事尚J34nB301_p0282b12不知來處,又爭知匾擔腳籮一向在雜收寮裡?」喝一J34nB301_p0282b13喝,曰:「夫山今日一齊搬出,手親眼辨底接得便行,千J34nB301_p0282b14五百人善知識不愁不隨他去。其或縮手縮腳,怕寒J34nB301_p0282b15畏熱,無位真人在鼓聲裏惡發,莫怪!」
J34nB301_p0282b16上堂。「地搖六震,既不為祥;天雨四華,亦豈曰瑞?夫山J34nB301_p0282b17門下來一個衲子,與他七尺地鋪,橫也繇他、豎也繇J34nB301_p0282b18他,但只是夢中不得與人交頭接耳。」喝一喝,曰:「好人J34nB301_p0282b19家男女,肯遍相說夢。」
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J34nB301_p0282c09上堂。舉:「僧問風穴:『寶塔元無縫,金門即日開時如何?』J34nB301_p0282c10風穴曰:『智積佐來空合掌,天王捧出不知音。』『如何是J34nB301_p0282c11塔中人?』風穴曰:『萎花風掃去,香水雨飄來。』琅琊拈曰:J34nB301_p0282c12『風穴若無後語,大似紀信詐降。』」師曰:「猛火不藏蚊蚋,J34nB301_p0282c13大海那宿死尸?饒伊後語驚群,爭如先機撲倒?」
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J34nB301_p0282c21上堂。舉:「五祖演和尚上堂曰:『舉則公案,事事成辦。向J34nB301_p0282c22外馳求,癡漢癡漢。』」師曰:「若是夫山肯恁麼道,有什公J34nB301_p0282c23案,抵死要辦,頂天立地,須讓個漢。」
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J34nB301_p0282c26因事上堂。舉:「趙州和尚曰:『不閒過,念佛、念法、念僧。』」師J34nB301_p0282c27曰:「原來討事做。夫山即不然,但閒過,不得無事生事。J34nB301_p0282c28設有衲僧出眾道:『和尚聒鬧殺人。』但合掌道:『某也幸,J34nB301_p0282c29苟有過,人必知之。』」
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