[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) › 4.40 # 明覺禪師語錄 4.40 明覺禪師語錄 4.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.40) 有時拈起拄杖云：「天不能蓋，地不能載。」復以拄杖畫一畫云：「百千諸佛、諸代祖師，盡向翠峯乞命。」代云：「官不容針。」 > At times he held up his staff and said: "Heaven cannot cover it; earth cannot support it." Again drawing a line with his staff, he said: "Hundreds of thousands of Buddhas and the patriarchs of all generations all beg for their lives from Cuifeng." Speaking on their behalf, he said: "An official does not permit a needle." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.39) - [Next: 4.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.41) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.4.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.40) · Pramāṇa