[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) › [法演禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995) › 1.68 # 法演禪師語錄 1.68 法演禪師語錄 1.68 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.1.68) 上堂，僧問：「蓮花未出水時如何？」師云：「在泥裏。」學云：「出水後如何？」師云：「在水上。」問：「王子未登九五時如何？」師云：「逢人多問路。」學云：「正登九五時如何？」師云：「天下太平。」學云：「登九五後如何？」師云：「誰論好醜？」乃云：「末後最慇懃，儂家隨處新，大千沙界裏，不免箇中人。且道那箇是箇中人？平蕪盡處是青山，行人更在青山外。」 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "How is it before the lotus has emerged from the water?" The Master said, "In the mud." The student said, "How is it after it emerges from the water?" The Master said, "On the water." He asked, "How is it before the prince ascends the throne of nine-and-five?" The Master said, "He frequently asks people for directions." The student said, "How is it just as he ascends the nine-and-five?" The Master said, "The realm is at great peace." The student said, "How is it after ascending the nine-and-five?" The Master said, "Who discusses good or bad?" He then said, "The very end is most earnest; our home is fresh everywhere. Within the great chiliocosm of sands, one cannot avoid being a person in the midst of it. Tell me, who is the person in the midst of it? Where the flat overgrown plains end are the green mountains; the traveler is still beyond the green mountains." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.1.67) - [Next: 1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.1.69) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995~en-mt.1.68) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.1.68) · Pramāṇa