[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) › 2.17 # 法演禪師語錄 2.17 法演禪師語錄 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.17) 上堂云：「佛祖生冤家，悟道染泥土，無為無事人，聲色如聾瞽。且道如何即是？恁麼也不得，不恁麼也不得，恁麼不恁麼總不得。忽有箇漢出來道：恁麼也得，不恁麼也得，恁麼不恁麼總得。則向伊道：我也知儞向鬼窟裏作活計。」 > Ascending the hall, he said: "Buddhas and patriarchs produce enemies; awakening to the Way soils one with mud and dirt. People of non-action and no-affairs are deaf and blind to sounds and sights. And tell me, how is it right? Like this will not do; not like this will not do; both like this and not like this will not do at all. If suddenly a fellow were to come forth and say, 'Like this will do; not like this will do; both like this and not like this will all do,' I would just say to him, 'I know that you are making a living inside a ghost cave!'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995~en-mt.2.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.17) · Pramāṇa