[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) › 1.46 # 楊岐方會和尚後錄 1.46 楊岐方會和尚後錄 1.46 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.46) 指驢又無尾，喚牛又無角，進前不移步，退後豈收脚？ 無言不同佛，有語誰斟酌，巧拙常現前，勞君安寫邈。 > Point to it as a donkey, yet it has no tail; / Call it an ox, yet it has no horns. / Advancing forward, it does not move a step; / Retreating backward, how could it withdraw its feet? / Without speech, it is no different from a buddha; / With words, who can deliberate it? / Skill and clumsiness are ever present before us; / What trouble to put you through to sketch it! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.45) - [Next: 1.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.47) - [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.1.46) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1994b.1.46) · Pramāṇa