[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) › 1.96 # 金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.96 金陵清涼院文益禪師語錄 1.96 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.96) 六祖示眾云：「吾有一物，無頭無尾，無名無字，無背無面，諸人還識麼？」時荷澤神會出云：「是諸法之本源，乃神會之佛性。」祖乃打一棒云：「這饒舌沙彌，我喚作一物尚不中，豈況本源佛性乎？此子，向後設有把茅蓋頭，也只成得箇知解宗徒。」師云：「古人受記人終不錯，如今立知解為宗，即荷澤是也。」 > The Sixth Patriarch instructed the assembly, saying: "I have a thing: it has no head and no tail, no name and no designation, no back and no front. Do you people still recognise it?" At that time, Shenhui of Heze came forward and said, "It is the fundamental source of all dharmas; it is Shenhui's Buddha-nature." The Patriarch then gave him a blow of his staff and said, "This talkative śrāmaṇera! Even calling it 'a thing' does not hit the mark, let alone 'fundamental source' and 'Buddha-nature'! Even if this fellow should have a thatch of grass over his head in the future, he will only turn out to be a partisan of intellectual understanding." The Master said, "The ancient's bestowal of prediction on a person was never wrong; establishing intellectual understanding as a school today—that is precisely Heze." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.95) - [Next: 1.97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.97) - [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.1.96) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1991.1.96) · Pramāṇa