[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) › 2.141 # 明覺禪師語錄 2.141 明覺禪師語錄 2.141 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.141) 一日舉：「馬祖上堂，眾方集，百丈出捲蓆，祖便下座，諸方皆謂奇特。漝麼舉，還當麼？若當，譬若水母以蝦為目；若不當，又空讚歎圖箇什麼？眾中一般漢，亂踏向前問古人意旨如何？更有老底不識好惡，對云：『將謂仙陀客。』又云：『來日更到座前。』苦哉苦哉，如此自稱宗匠，欲開人天眼目，驢年去。諸上堂！雪竇當時若見伊出來，捲蓆劈胸與一踏，令坐者倒者俱起不得，且要後人別有生涯去，免見互相鈍置，豈不箇箇英靈底漢。還會也無？歸堂。」 > One day he cited: "Mazu ascended the hall. As the assembly was just gathering, Baizhang came forward and rolled up the mat. Mazu then stepped down from his seat. Everywhere they all called this extraordinary. In citing it this way, does it still hit the mark? If it hits the mark, it is like a jellyfish taking shrimp for eyes. If it does not hit the mark, then to praise it in vain—what are you after? A fellow in the assembly recklessly stepped forward and asked, 'What was the ancient's intention?' Furthermore, there are old fellows who cannot tell good from bad, who answer, 'I took you for a fellow traveler of sūtra-peddlers,' and also say, 'Come before the seat again tomorrow.' How bitter! How bitter! Calling themselves masters of the school like this, wishing to open the eyes of humans and devas—wait until the year of the donkey! Elders! If Xuedou had seen him come out at that time to roll up the mat, I would have kicked him right in the chest, so that both the one sitting and the one fallen could not get up at all, so that people of later times might have a different livelihood and avoid mutually dulling each other. Wouldn't each of them be an outstanding fellow? Do you understand? Return to the hall." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.140](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.140) - [Next: 2.142](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.142) - [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.2.141) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.141](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.141) · Pramāṇa