[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) › 3.41 # 法演禪師語錄 3.41 法演禪師語錄 3.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.41) 小參，舉：「藥山初參石頭，問云：『三乘十二分教，某甲粗知，訪聞南方直指人心見性成佛，實未明了。』石頭云：『恁麼也不得，不恁麼也不得，恁麼不恁麼總不得。』藥山罔措，一日坐次，石頭遂問云：『汝在此作什麼？』山云：『一物也不為。』頭云：『恁麼則閑坐也。』山云：『閑坐則為也。』頭云：『儞道不為，不為箇什麼？』山云：『千聖亦不識。』石頭遂有頌云：『從來共住不知名，任運相將只麼行，自古上賢猶不識，造次凡流豈易明。』」師云：「大眾！須是過得祖師關，會鳥道玄路，始會此般說話。石頭恁麼垂示，便類趙州庭前栢樹子，洞山麻三斤，雲門超佛越祖之談。五祖亦有一頌：任運不知名，輕輕著眼聽，水上青青綠，元來是浮萍。」 > At an informal gathering, the Master cited: “When Yaoshan first visited Shitou, he asked: ‘The three vehicles and twelve divisions of the teachings, I have a rough understanding of. I have heard that in the south they point directly to the human mind, seeing one's nature and becoming a Buddha, but I am truly not clear about this.’ Shitou said: ‘Like this will not do; not like this will not do; both like this and not like this will not do at all.’ Yaoshan was at a loss. One day while sitting, Shitou then asked him: ‘What are you doing here?’ Yaoshan said: ‘I am not doing a single thing.’ Shitou said: ‘Then you are sitting idly.’ Yaoshan said: ‘Sitting idly would be doing something.’ Shitou said: ‘You say you are not doing; not doing what?’ Yaoshan said: ‘Even the thousand sages do not know.’ Shitou thereupon had a verse: ‘From the beginning living together without knowing the name, / Following its course, walking together just like this. / Since ancient times even the highest worthies still do not know; / How could ordinary worldly folk easily understand in haste?’” The Master said: “Assembly! You must pass through the Patriarch's barrier and understand the bird's path and the dark road before you can begin to understand this sort of talk. Shitou's instructional guidance like this is just like Zhaozhou's cypress tree in the courtyard, Dongshan's three pounds of hemp, and Yunmen's talk of transcending Buddhas and going beyond patriarchs. Wuzu also has a verse: / Following its course without knowing the name, / Lightly turn your eyes to listen. / On the water, the vibrant fresh green / Was duckweed all along.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.40) - [Next: 3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.42) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995~en-mt.3.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1995.3.41) · Pramāṇa