[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) › 2.94 # 法演禪師語錄 2.94 法演禪師語錄 2.94 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.94) 上堂，僧問：「如何是佛？」師云：「許多時向什麼處去來？」乃云：「達磨未來時，冬寒夏熱；達磨來後，夜暗晝明。諸人若下得一轉平實語，喫鹽聞鹹喫醋聞酸；若道不得，迦葉門前底。」 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The Master said, "Where have you been going for so long?" He then said, "Before Bodhidharma came, winter was cold and summer was hot; after Bodhidharma came, night was dark and day was bright. If you can make a single plain and honest turning word, eating salt you smell saltiness, eating vinegar you smell sourness; if you cannot speak, it is the one before Kāśyapa's gate." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.93) - [Next: 2.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.95) - [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.2.94) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.2.94) · Pramāṇa