[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) › 2.24 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.24 大慧普覺禪師語錄 2.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.2.24) 上堂：「古者道：『了得一，萬事畢。』今朝是九月一，諸人作麼生了？」驀拈拄杖云：「不得喚作拄杖子，便了取好。既不喚作柱杖子，作麼生了？」擲下云：「差之毫釐，失之千里。」 > Ascending the hall: "An ancient said, 'Understand the One, and the ten thousand affairs are finished.' Today is the first day of the ninth month; how do all of you understand it?" Suddenly taking up his staff, he said, "You must not call it a staff, and then you had better just understand it. Since it is not called a staff, how do you understand it?" Throwing it down, he said, "'Miss it by a hair's breadth, and you lose it by a thousand miles.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.2.25) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.2.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.2.24) · Pramāṇa