[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) › [金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991) › 1.95 # 金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.95 金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.95 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.95) 舉：「初祖迦葉尊者，一日踏泥次，有一沙彌見乃問：『尊者何得自為？』祖云：『我若不為，誰為我為？』」師云：「我當時若見，拽來踏泥。」 > \[The Master\] cited: "One day, while the First Patriarch, the Venerable Kāśyapa, was treading mud, a śrāmaṇera saw him and asked, 'Venerable One, why do this yourself?' The Patriarch said, 'If I do not do it, who will do it for me?'" The Master said, "Had I seen him at that time, I would have dragged him over to tread mud." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.94) - [Next: 1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.96) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991~en-mt.1.95) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.95) · Pramāṇa