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# 明覺禪師語錄 3.58

明覺禪師語錄 3.58

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.58)

舉：「仰山坐次，大禪佛到，翹一足云：『西天二十八祖亦如是，唐土六祖亦如是，和尚亦如是，某甲亦如是。』山下禪床打四藤條。」師云：「藤條未到打折，因什麼只與四下？須是箇斬釘截鐵漢始得。大禪後到霍山，自云：『集雲峯下四藤條，天下大禪佛參。』山云：『打鐘著，禪便走。』」師云：「者漢雖見機而變，爭奈有頭無尾。」

> He cited: "While Yangshan was sitting, Dachanfo arrived, lifted one foot, and said, 'The twenty-eight patriarchs of the Western Heavens were also like this; the six patriarchs of the Tang land were also like this; the Upādhyāya is also like this; I am also like this.' Yangshan came down from the meditation seat and struck him with four blows of the rattan rod." The Master said, "Before the rattan rod broke, why did he give only four blows? One must be a fellow who cuts through nails and shears through iron to carry it off. Later Dachan arrived at Huoshan and said of himself, 'Under Jiyun Peak, four rattan rods—the great Dachanfo of the realm paid homage.' Huoshan said, 'Strike the bell!' Dachan immediately ran away." The Master said, "Though this fellow saw the opportunity and transformed, what could be done when he had a head but no tail?"  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.3.58) — English, machine translation

## Linked texts (1)

- [圓悟佛果禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.40) — Classical Chinese

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