[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) › 7.29 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.29 大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.29) 示眾，舉：「石門聰和尚云：『十五日已前諸佛生，十五日已後諸佛滅。十五日已前諸佛生，爾不得離我這裏，若離我這裏，我有鉤鉤爾；十五日已後諸佛滅，爾不得住我這裏，若住我這裏，我有錐錐爾。且道：正當十五日，用鉤即是？用錐即是？』遂有頌云：『正當十五日，鉤錐一時息，更擬問如何，回頭日又出。』」師云：「恢張三玄三要，扶竪臨濟正宗，須是恁麼人始得。雖然如是，雲門即不然，十五日已前，諸佛本不曾生，十五日已後，諸佛本不曾滅。十五日已前，爾若離我這裏，我也不用鉤鉤爾，一任橫擔拄杖緊峭草鞵；十五日已後，爾若住我這裏，我也不用錐錐爾，一任拗折拄杖高掛鉢囊。且道正當十五日，合作麼生？」乃云：「十五日前後，鉤錐徒爾為，今朝是十五，正好用鉤錐。且作麼生用？路逢死蛇莫打殺，無底籃子盛將歸。」 > Instructing the assembly, he brought up the following: "Venerable Shimen Cong said, 'Before the fifteenth day, all buddhas are born; after the fifteenth day, all buddhas perish. Before the fifteenth day, all buddhas are born—you must not leave this place of mine; if you leave this place of mine, I have a hook to hook you. After the fifteenth day, all buddhas perish—you must not stay in this place of mine; if you stay in this place of mine, I have an awl to pierce you. Tell me, right on the fifteenth day, is using the hook correct, or is using the awl correct?' Whereupon there was a verse: 'Right on the fifteenth day, / Hook and awl cease together. / If you intend to ask further about how it is, / When you turn your head, the sun rises again.'" > The Master said, "Only such a person can expand the three mysteries and three essentials, and uphold and establish the Linji orthodox lineage! Even though this is so, for Yunmen it is not so: Before the fifteenth day, all buddhas were originally never born; after the fifteenth day, all buddhas were originally never extinguished. Before the fifteenth day, if you leave this place of mine, I will not use a hook to hook you—carrying your staff horizontally and tying your straw sandals tightly is entirely up to you. After the fifteenth day, if you stay in this place of mine, I will not use an awl to pierce you—breaking your staff and hanging up your bowl-sack high is entirely up to you. Tell me, right on the fifteenth day, what should be done?" > He then said, "Before and after the fifteenth day, the hook and awl are in vain; / Today is the fifteenth day, just right for using hook and awl. / And how to use them? / When meeting a dead snake on the road, do not beat it to death; / Put it in a bottomless basket and bring it home." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.28) - [Next: 7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.30) - [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.7.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.29) · Pramāṇa