[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) › 1.65 # 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.65 撫州曹山元證禪師語錄 1.65 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.65) 僧舉：「西園一日自燒浴次，僧問：『何不使沙彌？』西園撫掌三下。」問師，師曰：「一等是拍手撫掌，就中西園奇怪，俱胝一指頭禪，蓋為承當處不諦當。」僧却問師：「西園撫掌豈不是奴兒婢子邊事？」師曰：「是。」云：「向上更有事也無？」師曰：「有。」云：「如何是向上事？」師叱曰：「這奴兒婢子！」 > A monk cited: "One day when Xiyuan was heating his bath himself, a monk asked, 'Why not have a novice do it?' Xiyuan clapped his hands three times." He asked the Master about it. The Master said, "Though both are clapping hands, Xiyuan's was particularly extraordinary; as for Juzhi's one-finger Chan, it is because his taking it on was not precise." The monk then asked the Master, "Isn't Xiyuan's clapping of hands a matter on the side of boys and maidservants?" > The Master said, "It is." > \[The monk\] said, "Is there still a higher matter or not?" > The Master said, "There is." > \[The monk\] said, "What is the higher matter?" > The Master shouted at him, "This boy and maidservant!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.64) - [Next: 1.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.66) - [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.1.65) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.76) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987a.1.65) · Pramāṇa