[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) › [袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990) › 1.56 # 袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.56 袁州仰山慧寂禪師語錄 1.56 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990.1.56) 師坐次，有僧來作禮，師不顧。其僧乃問：「師識字否？」師云：「隨分。」師乃右旋一匝，云：「是甚麼字？」師於地上書十字酬之。僧又左旋一匝，云：「是甚麼字？」師改十字作卍字。僧畫此○相，以兩手拓，如修羅掌日月勢，云：「是甚麼字？」師乃畫此\[○@卍\]相對之。僧乃作婁至德勢，師云：「如是如是，此是諸佛之所護念，汝亦如是、吾亦如是，善自護持。」其僧禮謝，騰空而去。時有一道者見，經五日後遂問師。師云：「汝還見否？」道者云：「某甲見出門騰空而去。」師云：「此是西天羅漢，故來探吾道。」道者云：「某雖覩種種三昧，不辨其理。」師云：「吾以義為汝解釋：此是八種三昧，是覺海變為義海；體則同然。此義合有因、有果，即時、異時，總別不離隱身三昧也。」 > While the Master was sitting, a monk came and made obeisance; the Master paid no attention. The monk then asked, "Does the Master recognize written characters or not?" > The Master said, "According to capacity." > The monk then circled once to the right and said, "What character is this?" > The Master wrote the character "十" (ten/cross) on the ground to reply to him. > The monk circled once to the left again and said, "What character is this?" > The Master changed the character "十" into the character "卍". > The monk drew this circular figure ○ and lifted it with both hands, in the gesture of an asura holding the sun and moon, and said, "What character is this?" > The Master then drew this figure \[○@卍\] to match it. > The monk then assumed the posture of Louzhide. The Master said, "Thus, thus. This is what all the Buddhas protect and keep in mind. You are thus, and I am thus; protect and maintain it well." > The monk bowed in thanks and soared away through the air. > At that time a Daoist practitioner saw this, and after five days he asked the Master about it. The Master said, "Did you see it?" > The practitioner said, "I saw him go out the door and depart through the air." > The Master said, "This was an arhat from India who came deliberately to sound out my Way." > The practitioner said, "Although I witnessed the various samādhis, I do not discern their principle." > The Master said, "I will explain it for you in terms of meaning: these are eight kinds of samādhi; it is the sea of awakening transforming into the sea of meaning, while their substance is identical. This meaning should encompass cause and fruit, the simultaneous and different times; general and particular are not separate from the body-concealing samādhi." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990.1.55) - [Next: 1.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990.1.57) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990~en-mt.1.56) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990.1.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1990.1.56) · Pramāṇa