[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) › 4.81 # 明覺禪師語錄 4.81 明覺禪師語錄 4.81 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.81) 師一日問僧：「儞作箇什麼來？」僧云：「合靈寶丹來。」師云：「靈即不問，作麼生是寶？」僧云：「不敢秖對和尚。」師不肯，自代云：「洎與和尚答話。」 > One day the master asked a monk: "What have you been doing?" The monk said: "Compounding the spiritual jewel elixir." The master said: "I do not ask about 'spiritual'; what is the 'jewel'?" The monk said: "I dare not reply to the upādhyāya." The master did not approve and on his own behalf said: "I almost answered the upādhyāya's question." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.80) - [Next: 4.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.82) - [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.4.81) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.81) · Pramāṇa