[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) › 2.61 # 法演禪師語錄 2.61 法演禪師語錄 2.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.61) 上堂，舉：「僧問洞山：『如何是善知識眼？』山云：『紙撚無油。』若問白雲，對道：『無油不點燈。』雖然如是，也較洞山三千里，秖是其間有箇好處。有甚好處？諸人黑地裏撞著露柱，悟去也不定。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Dongshan, 'What is the eye of a kalyāṇamitra?' Dongshan said, 'A paper twist without oil.' Were you to ask Baiyun, I would answer, 'Without oil, one does not light the lamp.' Even so, this is still three thousand miles away from Dongshan; yet within it there is a good point. What is the good point? In the pitch-dark, you bump into the bare pillar, and perhaps you will awaken." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.60) - [Next: 2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.62) - [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.2.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.61) · Pramāṇa