[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) › 4.76 # 明覺禪師語錄 4.76 明覺禪師語錄 4.76 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.76) 師一日見僧來，拈起拄杖云：「我兩手分付，儞作麼生？」僧退身云：「不敢。」師云：「為什麼棒上不成龍？」僧云：「三十年後恐辜負和尚。」師放下拄杖云：「吽吽。」 > One day the master saw a monk coming, picked up his staff, and said: "I entrust it with both hands; what will you do?" The monk stepped back and said: "I would not dare." The master said: "Why did you not become a dragon upon the stick?" The monk said: "After thirty years, I fear I would let down the upādhyāya." The master set down the staff and said: "Hūm! Hūm!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.75) - [Next: 4.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.77) - [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.4.76) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.76) · Pramāṇa