[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) › 6.24 # 明覺禪師語錄 6.24 明覺禪師語錄 6.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.6.24) 百草頭，何太極，重與禪徒下錐刺，雲門俱字好參詳， 雪峯輥毬亦端的。黛非青兮藍一色， 辰錦砂兮敢言赤，紫羅帳裏有真珠，曹溪路上生荊棘。 還會麼？此時若不究根源，直向當來問彌勒。 > At the tips of the hundred grasses, what an extreme! > Again I thrust an awl into the Chan followers. > Yunmen's word "both" is good to investigate; > Xuefeng rolling the ball is also precise. > Indigo is not blue, yet it is of the single color of the indigo plant; > As for the cinnabar of Chen and Jin, who dares call it red? > Inside the purple gauze canopy there is a genuine pearl; > On the road of Caoxi thorns and briars grow. > Do you still understand? > If at this time you do not investigate the root source, > Go straight into the future and ask Maitreya. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.6.23) - [Next: 6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.6.25) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.6.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.6.24) · Pramāṇa