[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) › 17.36 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.36 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 17.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.36) 舉：「趙州訪一庵主，便云：『有麼有麼？』庵主竪起拳頭，州云：『水淺不是泊船處。』便去。又訪一庵主，亦云：『有麼有麼？』庵主亦竪起拳頭，州云：『能縱能奪，能殺能活。』禮拜而去。」師拈云：「佛祖命脈列聖鉗鎚，換斗移星經天緯地，有般漢未出窠窟，只管道：『舌頭在趙州口裏。』殊不知，自己性命已屬他人。若能握向上綱宗，與二庵主相見，便可以定龍蛇、別緇素，正好著力。還知趙州落處麼？切忌顢頇。」 > \[The Master\] cited: "Zhaozhou visited a hermitage master and immediately said: 'Is there? Is there?' The hermitage master held up his fist. Zhaozhou said: 'The water is shallow; this is not a place to moor a boat,' and left. He also visited another hermitage master and likewise said: 'Is there? Is there?' The hermitage master also held up his fist. Zhaozhou said: 'Able to release and able to snatch away, able to kill and able to bring to life.' He bowed and left." > The Master critiqued: "The lifeblood of the Buddhas and Patriarchs, the hammer and tongs of the successive sages, shifting the Dipper and moving the stars, measuring heaven and weaving earth! There are fellows who have not left their nests and dens who constantly say: 'The tongue is in Zhaozhou's mouth.' Little do they know that their own life already belongs to another. If one can grasp the transcendent cardinal lineage and meet the two hermitage masters, one can immediately settle dragons and snakes and distinguish black from white; this is just the right place to apply effort. Do you know where Zhaozhou ended up? Be sure not to be muddle-headed!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.35) - [Next: 17.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.37) - [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.17.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.17.36) · Pramāṇa