[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) › [黃龍慧南禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993) › 1.11 # 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.11 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.11) 上堂，因僧馳書，遂舉：「思和尚令石頭馳書，上南嶽讓和尚，即云：『迴來，與汝箇鈯斧子住山去。』石頭到讓和尚處，未達書便問：『不求諸聖，不重己靈時如何？』讓云：『子問太高生，何不向下問？』石頭云：『乍可永劫受輪迴，不從諸聖求解脫。』讓和尚不對，石頭乃迴。思和尚問：『子去未久，書得達否？』石頭云：『信亦不通，書亦不達。』思和尚云：『何故？』石頭舉前話，復云：『去日蒙和尚許箇鈯斧子住山，即今便請。』思和尚垂下一足，石頭便禮拜去，入南嶽住山。」師云：「石頭馳書，今古共聞。後人不善宗由，罕能提唱，致使水乳不辨、玉石不分。同安今日擗破一半，布施大眾。石頭雖然善能馳達，不辱宗風，其奈逞俊太忙，不知落節。既是落節，迴來因甚却得鈯斧子住山？若這裡見得，非唯住山，盡十方世界，塵塵剎剎、虎穴魔宮，皆是住處；若也未見，敢保諸人未有安身立命處。」下座。 > Ascending the hall, on account of a monk delivering a letter, he then cited: "Master \[Xingsi of Qing\]yuan ordered Shitou to deliver a letter up to Master \[Huai\]rang of Nanyue, and said: 'When you return, I will give you a blunt axe to live in the mountains.' Shitou arrived at Master Rang's place, and before delivering the letter, he asked: 'How is it when one does not seek the sages and does not value one's own spirit?' Rang said: 'Your question is too lofty; why not ask lower down?' Shitou said: 'I would rather undergo transmigration for eternal kalpas than seek liberation from the sages.' Master Rang did not reply, and Shitou returned. Master Si asked: 'You have not been gone long; was the letter delivered?' Shitou said: 'No message was conveyed, and the letter was not delivered.' Master Si said: 'Why?' Shitou recounted the previous dialogue and further said: 'The day I left, I was promised by the Master a blunt axe to live in the mountains; I request it right now.' Master Si lowered one foot, and Shitou bowed and left, entering Nanyue to live in the mountains." The Master said: "Shitou delivering the letter has been heard of in past and present. Later people do not understand the ancestral origin and are rarely able to bring it forward, causing milk and water not to be distinguished and jade and stone not to be differentiated. Today, Tong'an will split it in half as an alms-gift to the assembly. Although Shitou was well able to deliver it and did not disgrace the ancestral style, yet he was too hasty in displaying his talent and did not know he had lost his footing. Since he had lost his footing, why upon his return did he still receive the blunt axe to live in the mountains? If you can see into this here, not only living in the mountains, but all the worlds of the ten directions, each dust mote and every land, tiger dens and demon palaces, will all be dwelling places. If you have not yet seen it, I dare guarantee that you all do not yet have a place to settle your body and establish your life." He descended from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.10) - [Next: 1.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.12) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993~en-mt.1.11) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [明覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1.30) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.11) · Pramāṇa