[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) › [楊岐方會和尚後錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b) › 1.31 # 楊岐方會和尚後錄 1.31 楊岐方會和尚後錄 1.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.31) 上堂：「彌勒真彌勒，分身千百億，時時示時人，時人皆不識。」師遂拈起拄杖云：「拄杖子豈不是彌勒？諸人還見麼？拄杖子橫也，是彌勒放光動地；拄杖子竪也，是彌勒放光照曜三十三天；拄杖子不橫不竪，彌勒向諸人脚跟下，助爾諸人說般若。若也知得去，拈鼻孔向鉢盂裏，道將一句來；如無，山僧失利。」 > Ascending the hall, \[he said\]: “Maitreya, the true Maitreya, / Divides his body into hundreds of billions of forms; / Constantly revealing himself to people of the time, / Yet people of the time do not recognize him.” The Master then held up his staff and said: “Is this staff not Maitreya? Do you all see? When the staff lies horizontal, it is Maitreya emitting light and shaking the earth; when the staff stands vertical, it is Maitreya emitting light and illuminating the thirty-three heavens; when the staff is neither horizontal nor vertical, Maitreya is beneath everyone's heels, helping you all expound prajñā. If you can understand this, pick up your nostrils and put them into your alms bowl, and utter a phrase! If not, this mountain monk loses out.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.30) - [Next: 1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.32) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b~en-mt.1.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.31) · Pramāṇa