[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) › 2.124 # 明覺禪師語錄 2.124 明覺禪師語錄 2.124 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.124) 舉：「僧問鏡清：『學人啐，請師啄。』清云：『還得活也無？』學云：『若不活，遭人快笑。』清云：『也是草裏漢。』」師云：「衲僧有此奇特事，若一人半箇互相平展，古聖也不虛出來一迴。」 > He brought up: "A monk asked Jingqing: 'The student pecks from within; please, Master, peck from without.' Qing said: 'Can you still be revived, or not?' The student said: 'If I am not revived, I will be ridiculed by others.' Qing said: 'Another fellow in the grass.'" The Master said: "Patch-robed monks have this extraordinary matter. If one person or half a person were to unfold it together, the ancient sages would not have emerged into the world in vain." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.123) - [Next: 2.125](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.125) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.2.124) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.124) · Pramāṇa