[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) › 2.171 # 明覺禪師語錄 2.171 明覺禪師語錄 2.171 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.171) 上堂云：「禪河隨浪靜，定水逐波清。若拄杖子是浪，衲僧便七縱八橫；忽乾坤大地是浪，便見扶籬摸壁。且道放行好？把定好？」一日云：「春雷已發，陽鳥未啼，迷身句即不問爾，透出一字作麼生道？」 > Ascending the hall, he said: "'The river of Chan calms along with the waves; the water of samādhi clarifies following the ripples.' If the staff is a wave, patch-robed monks act seven-longitudinal and eight-transverse; if suddenly heaven and earth, the great earth, are a wave, one then sees leaning on fences and groping walls. Tell me, is letting go good, or is holding fast good?" One day he said: "The spring thunder has already struck, but the sunny birds have not yet cried. I do not ask you about the sentence that confuses the body—how do you say the word that penetrates through?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.170) - [Next: 2.172](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.172) - [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.2.171) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.171](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.171) · Pramāṇa