[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) › [汾陽無德禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992) › 2.14 # 汾陽無德禪師語錄 2.14 汾陽無德禪師語錄 2.14 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.2.14) 溈山示眾云：「老僧遷化後，去山下檀越家，作一頭水牯牛，於左脇上，書一行字云：『溈山僧某甲。』若喚作溈山僧，又是水牯牛；若喚作水牯牛，又是溈山僧。當恁麼時，喚作什麼？」 > Guishan instructed the assembly, saying: "After this old monk passes away, I will go down the mountain to a patron's house and become a water buffalo, with a line of words written on my left flank saying: 'Venerable So-and-so of Guishan.' If you call it a monk of Guishan, yet it is a water buffalo; if you call it a water buffalo, yet it is a monk of Guishan. At such a time, what do you call it?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.2.13) - [Next: 2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.2.15) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992~en-mt.2.14) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1992.2.14) · Pramāṇa