[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) › 2.89 # 法演禪師語錄 2.89 法演禪師語錄 2.89 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.89) 小參，僧問：「德山不答話，千古把斷要津；白雲今夜小參，未審如何施設？」師云：「我不可承嗣端和尚不得也。」學云：「作家宗師天然有在。」師云：「是何言歟？」進云：「只者箇又為甚人施設？」師云：「儞還信得及麼？」進云：「教某甲作麼生信？」師云：「儞是會來問？不會來問？」進云：「某甲却是不會來問。」師云：「昨日也恁答一僧來。」進云：「今日為甚却干戈相待？」師云：「只為買賣不當價。」進云：「壓良為賤則得，爭柰有諸方在。」師云：「大眾！看取者一員禪客。」進云：「放過一著。」師云：「噓。」乃舉：「陸亘大夫問南泉：『弟子家中有一片石，也曾坐也曾臥，擬欲鐫作佛得麼？』泉云：『得。』陸云：『莫不得麼？』泉云：『不得。』大眾！夫為善知識，須明決擇，為什麼他人道得也道得，他人道不得也道不得？還知南泉落處麼？白雲不惜眉毛，與儞注破，得又是誰道來？不得又是誰道來？儞若更不會，老僧今夜為儞作箇樣子。」乃舉手云：「將三界二十八天作箇佛頭，金輪水際作箇佛脚，四大洲作箇佛身，雖然作此佛兒子了，儞諸人又却在那裏安身立命，大眾還會也未？老僧作第二箇樣子去也。將東弗于逮作一箇佛，南贍部洲作一箇佛，西瞿耶尼作一箇佛，北欝單越作一箇佛，草木叢林是佛，蠢動含靈是佛。既恁麼，又喚什麼作眾生？還會也未？不如東弗于逮還他東弗于逮，南贍部洲還他南贍部洲，西瞿耶尼還他西瞿耶尼，北欝單越還他北欝單越，草木叢林還他草木叢林，蠢動含靈還他蠢動含靈，所以道：『是法住法位，世間相常住。』既恁麼，儞又喚什麼作佛？還會麼？忽有箇漢出來道：『白雲休寐語。』大眾！記取這一轉。」 > At an informal gathering, a monk asked, "Deshan did not answer words, holding fast the essential pass for a thousand ages; tonight Baiyun holds an informal gathering—how will you establish your instruction?" The Master said, "I cannot fail to succeed Upādhyāya Duan." The student said, "An adept ancestral master naturally possesses it." The Master said, "What words are these?" \[The monk\] stepped forward and said, "For what sort of person is just this established?" The Master said, "Can you still believe completely?" \[The monk\] stepped forward and said, "How do you instruct me to believe?" The Master said, "Did you come to ask understanding, or did you come to ask not understanding?" \[The monk\] stepped forward and said, "I came to ask not understanding." The Master said, "Yesterday I also answered a monk like that." \[The monk\] stepped forward and said, "Why today do you instead meet me with shields and spears?" The Master said, "Only because the buying and selling does not match the price." \[The monk\] stepped forward and said, "It is fine to press the free into servitude, but what can you do about all the regions being present?" The Master said, "Great assembly! Look at this Chan traveler!" \[The monk\] stepped forward and said, "Let this move pass." The Master said, "Xū!" He then cited: "Prefect Lu Gen asked Nanquan, 'In this disciple's house there is a rock; I have sat on it and slept on it, and intend to carve it into a Buddha—may I?' Nanquan said, 'You may.' Lu said, 'Might I not?' Nanquan said, 'You may not.' Great assembly! One who is a kalyāṇamitra must clearly discern. Why is it that when the other says 'may,' he also says 'may,' and when the other says 'may not,' he also says 'may not'? Do you still know Nanquan's resting place? Baiyun does not begrudge his eyebrows to break it open and explain it for you: Who was it that said 'may'? Who was it that said 'may not'? If you still do not understand, tonight this old monk will make a model for you." He then raised his hand and said, "Take the twenty-eight heavens of the three realms as a Buddha's head, the water boundary of the golden wheel as a Buddha's feet, and the four great continents as a Buddha's body—though this child of a Buddha has been made, where will all of you settle your bodies and establish your lives? Great assembly, do you understand yet? This old monk will proceed to make a second model: take Pūrvavideha as a Buddha, Jambudvīpa as a Buddha, Aparagodānīya as a Buddha, and Uttarakuru as a Buddha; the grasses, trees, and thickets are the Buddha, and the crawling and wriggling sentient beings are the Buddha. Since it is so, what else do you call sentient beings? Do you understand yet? It is better to let Pūrvavideha remain Pūrvavideha, Jambudvīpa remain Jambudvīpa, Aparagodānīya remain Aparagodānīya, Uttarakuru remain Uttarakuru, grasses, trees, and thickets remain grasses, trees, and thickets, and crawling and wriggling sentient beings remain crawling and wriggling sentient beings. Therefore it is said: 'These phenomena abide in their phenomenal positions; the characteristics of the world are ever-abiding.' Since it is so, what else do you call a Buddha? Do you understand? If suddenly a fellow comes forward and says, 'Baiyun, cease your dream-talk!' Great assembly, remember this turning!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.88) - [Next: 2.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.90) - [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.2.89) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.89) · Pramāṇa