[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) › 4.8 # 明覺禪師語錄 4.8 明覺禪師語錄 4.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.8) 或云：「祖師不到處，時人知有；時人不知處，過在祖師。作麼生辯？」代云：「不得春風華不開。」 > Or he would say: "Where the patriarchs did not reach, people of the world know it exists; where people of the world do not know, the fault lies with the patriarchs. How do you discern this?" Speaking on their behalf, he said: "Without the spring breeze, the flowers do not bloom." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.7) - [Next: 4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.9) - [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.4.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.8) · Pramāṇa