[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) › 7.26 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.26 大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.26) 示眾，舉：「睦州問僧：『近離甚處？』僧云：『河北。』州云：『河北有箇趙州和尚，上座曾到彼麼？』僧云：『某甲近離彼中。』州云：『趙州有何言句示徒？』僧遂舉喫茶話，睦州乃云：『慚愧。』却問僧：『趙州意作麼生？』僧云：『只是一期方便。』睦州云：『苦哉趙州，被爾將一杓屎潑了也。』便打。後來雪竇云：『這僧克由，叵耐將一杓屎潑他二員古佛。』」師云：「雪竇只知一杓屎潑他趙睦二州，殊不知這僧末上被趙州將一杓屎潑了，却到睦州，又遭一杓。只是不知氣息，若知氣息，甚麼處有二員古佛？」 > Instructing the assembly, he brought up the following: "Muzhou asked a monk, 'Where did you leave recently?' The monk said, 'Hebei.' Muzhou said, 'In Hebei there is Venerable Zhaozhou; did you ever go there, Elder?' The monk said, 'I left there recently.' Muzhou said, 'What words and phrases did Zhaozhou show his disciples?' The monk then cited the dialogue on drinking tea. Muzhou then said, 'How shameful!' He then asked the monk, 'What was Zhaozhou's meaning?' The monk said, 'It was merely a temporary expedient.' Muzhou said, 'How miserable, Zhaozhou! You have had a ladleful of shit splashed on you!' and struck him. Later, Xuedou said, 'This monk was capable of that—intolerably splashing a ladleful of shit on those two ancient buddhas.'" > The Master said, "Xuedou only knew that a ladleful of shit was splashed on the two of them, Zhao\[zhou\] and Mu\[zhou\]. Little did he know that this monk was first splashed with a ladleful of shit by Zhaozhou, and when he reached Muzhou, he suffered yet another ladleful. It is just that he did not perceive the smell. If he had perceived the smell, where would there be two ancient buddhas?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.25) - [Next: 7.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.27) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.7.26) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.26) · Pramāṇa