[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) › 2.79 # 明覺禪師語錄 2.79 明覺禪師語錄 2.79 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.79) 上堂舉：「僧問趙州：『至道無難唯嫌揀擇，是時人窠窟否？』州云：『曾有人問我，直得五年分疎不下。』」師云：「識語不能，轉死却了也。好與二十棒者，棒須有分付處。爾若辯不出，且放此話大行。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "A monk asked Zhaozhou: '"The Great Way is not difficult; it only abhors picking and choosing"—is this the nest of contemporary people?' Zhaozhou said: 'Once someone asked me, and for fully five years I could not explain it away.'" The Master said: "Knowing words yet unable to turn them is to die completely. A good twenty blows of the stick would do—yet with this stick, there must be a place to deliver it! If you cannot discern it, for now let this talk circulate widely." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.78) - [Next: 2.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.80) - [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.2.79) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.2.79) · Pramāṇa