[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) › 2.31 # 法演禪師語錄 2.31 法演禪師語錄 2.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.31) 上堂云：「一代時教，五千四十八卷，空有頓漸，豈不是有？永嘉道：『亦無人，亦無佛，大千沙界海中漚，一切聖賢如電拂。』豈不是無？大眾！若道是有，違他永嘉；若道是無，又違釋迦老子。作麼生商量得恰好？若知落處，朝見釋迦暮參彌勒；若也未明，白雲為儞點破：道無不是無，道有不是有，東望西耶尼，面南看北斗。」 > Ascending the hall, he said: "A lifetime's teachings, five thousand forty-eight fascicles, emptiness and existence, sudden and gradual—how could this not be existence? Yongjia said, 'There is also no person, nor any Buddha; the great chiliocosm's sandy worlds are foam on the sea; all sages and worthies are like flashes of lightning.' How could this not be non-existence? Assembly! If you say it is existence, you contradict Yongjia; if you say it is non-existence, you also contradict old Śākyamuni. How can this be weighed just right? If you know the point of landing, in the morning you see Śākyamuni, and in the evening you visit Maitreya. If it is not yet clear, Baiyun will point it out for you: Saying non-existence is not non-existence; saying existence is not existence. Facing east, look at West Aparagodānīya; facing south, behold the Northern Dipper." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.30) - [Next: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.32) - [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.2.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.31) · Pramāṇa