[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [撫州曹山元證禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a) › 1.63 # 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.63 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.63 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.63) 師讀杜順傅大士所作法身偈乃曰：「我意不欲與麼道。」門弟子請別作之，既作偈又註釋之，其詞曰：「渠本不是我（非我），我本不是渠（非渠），渠無我即死（仰汝取活），我無渠即余（不別有），渠如我是佛（要且不是佛），我如渠即驢（二俱不立），不食空王俸（若遇御飯直須吐却），何假雁傳書（不通信），我說橫身唱（為信唱），君看背上毛（不與爾相似），乍如謠白雪（將謂是白雪），猶恐是巴歌（傳此句無註）。」 > The Master read the dharmakāya verse composed by Dushun and Fu Dashi, and then said, "My intention is not to speak like that." His disciples requested that he compose another one; after composing the verse he also annotated it. His words said: > "He is fundamentally not me (Not me), > I am fundamentally not him (Not him). > If he lacks me, he dies (Looking to you to sustain life), > If I lack him, I am the remainder (There is nothing else). > If he were like me, he would be a Buddha (Above all, he is not a Buddha), > If I were like him, I would be a donkey (Neither is established). > Not eating the rations of the King of Emptiness (If encountering the royal meal, one must spit it out), > Why rely on wild geese to deliver letters? (Exchanging no messages) > I sing a song exposing myself (Singing for the sake of trust); > Look at the hair on my back! (It does not resemble you) > At first it is like a song of White Snow (One would suppose it to be 'White Snow'); > I still fear it is a song of Ba." (It is handed down that this phrase has no annotation.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.62) - [Next: 1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.64) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a~en-mt.1.63) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.73) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.63) · Pramāṇa