[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) › 1.38 # 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.38 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 1.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.38) 上堂，云：「入海算沙，空自費力；磨塼作鏡，枉用功夫。君不見，高高山上雲，自卷自舒，何親何疎；深深㵎底水，遇曲遇直，無彼無此。眾生日用如雲水，雲水如然人不爾。若得爾，三界輪迴何處起？」下座。 > Ascending the hall, he said: "Entering the ocean to count the sand is merely wasting effort in vain; grinding a brick to make a mirror is futile labor. Sir, do you not see? The clouds upon the high, high mountain roll up and unfurl by themselves—what is close, what is distant? The water at the bottom of the deep, deep ravine meets bends and meets straights—without 'that' and without 'this'. The daily functioning of sentient beings is like clouds and water; clouds and water are so, but people are not. If you could be so, from where could the transmigration in the three realms arise?" He descended from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.37) - [Next: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.39) - [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.1.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.38) · Pramāṇa