[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) › 3.9 # 明覺禪師語錄 3.9 明覺禪師語錄 3.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.9) 舉：「香嚴垂語云：『如人上樹，口嗛樹枝，手不攀枝，脚不踏樹，樹下有人問西來意，不對則違他所問，若對又喪身失命，當恁時作麼生即是。』有虎頭上座云：『上樹即不問，未上樹請和尚道。』嚴呵呵大笑。」師云：「樹上道即易，樹下道即難。老僧上樹也，致將一問來。」 > He brought up: "Xiangyan gave the teaching phrase: 'It is like a person up a tree, holding a branch in his mouth, his hands not grasping any branch, his feet not treading on the tree. Someone under the tree asks about the meaning of the \[Patriarch's\] coming from the west: if he does not answer, he fails the question; if he does answer, he loses his life. At such a time, what should he do?' Head Monk Hutou said, 'I do not ask about when he is up the tree; please, Upādhyāya, speak of before he climbs the tree.' Xiangyan laughed heartily, 'Ha, ha!'" The Master said, "Speaking from up the tree is easy; speaking from below the tree is hard. This old monk has climbed the tree: bring on a question!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.8) - [Next: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.10) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.3.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.3.9) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.3.9) · Pramāṇa