[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) › [圓悟佛果禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997) › 17.13 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.13 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.13) 舉：「石室見僧來，拈起拄杖云：『過去諸佛也恁麼，現在諸佛也恁麼，未來諸佛也恁麼。』長沙云：『放下拄杖子，別通箇消息來。』」師云：「石室置箇問端，不妨孤峻，若非長沙，爭得投機。雖然，只知恁麼，不知不恁麼。」遂舉拄杖云：「過去諸佛不恁麼，現在諸佛不恁麼，未來諸佛不恁麼。或若總道放下拄杖子，我也知爾只是學語之流。生機處道將一句來。」 > \[The Master\] cited: "Seeing a monk approach, Shishi raised his staff and said, 'The buddhas of the past are also thus; the buddhas of the present are also thus; the buddhas of the future are also thus.' Changsha said, 'Put down the staff, and come convey another message.'" > The Master said, "Shishi set forth an opening question, which was quite solitary and precipitous; were it not for Changsha, how could he have tallied with the dynamic? Even so, he only knew 'thus', and did not know 'not thus.'" He then raised his staff and said, "The buddhas of the past are not thus; the buddhas of the present are not thus; the buddhas of the future are not thus. If you all simply say 'Put down the staff,' I also know you are merely of the sort who imitate words. Speak a phrase at the place of living dynamic!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.12) - [Next: 17.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.14) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.17.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.13) · Pramāṇa