[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) › [明覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996) › 1.8 # 明覺禪師語錄 1.8 明覺禪師語錄 1.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1.8) 上堂，問答罷，師乃云：「釋迦已滅，彌勒未生，正當今日，佛法委在翠峯，放開揑聚總由者裏。放開也，七縱八橫，是處填溝塞壑；揑聚也天下老和尚盡在拄杖頭，不消一劄。」 > Ascending the hall, after the questions and answers were finished, the master then said: "Śākyamuni has already passed into extinction, and Maitreya is not yet born. Exactly today, the Buddhadharma is entrusted to Cuifeng; releasing and gathering are entirely up to this place. When released, leaping freely in seven ways and eight directions, everywhere filling ditches and blocking valleys; when gathered, the old upādhyāyas under heaven are all on the tip of my staff, not requiring a single prick." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1.7) - [Next: 1.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1.9) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.1.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.1.8) · Pramāṇa