[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) › [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a) › 12.122 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 12.122 大慧普覺禪師語錄 12.122 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.12.122) 一千七百癡衲子，圍遶這箇無明叟，細膩渾沒一星兒，麁慥却有七八斗。未甞寂寂入禪定，終日波波廊下走，為人巴鼻亦好笑，更不容人謾開口。盲枷瞎棒當慈悲，是與不是劈脊婁（上聲），如斯主法作宗師，枉續牟尼子孫後。 本禪千萬莫學伊，學伊和爾不唧𠺕。 > One thousand seven hundred foolish patch-robed monks / Surround this old fellow of ignorance. / Delicacy and refinement he has not an ounce of, / But coarse roughness he has seven or eight bushels of. / Never has he entered tranquil Chan meditation; / All day long he rushes along the corridors. / His way of handling people is laughable too; / He allows no one to carelessly open their mouth. / Blind flails and blind sticks serve as his compassion; / Right or wrong, he strikes them straight across the spine! / Presiding over the Dharma and acting as a lineage teacher like this, / He in vain continues the lineage of Śākyamuni's descendants. / Ben, Chan practitioner, by no means learn from him; / If you learn from him, you too will end up useless and inept. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.12.121) - [Next: 12.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.12.123) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.12.122) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.12.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.12.122) · Pramāṇa