[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) › 7.31 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.31 大慧普覺禪師語錄 7.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.31) 示眾，舉：「石頭問長髭：『甚處來？』髭云：『嶺南來。』頭云：『大庾嶺頭一鋪功德成就也未？』髭云：『成就久矣，只欠點眼在。』頭云：『莫要點眼麼？』髭云：『便請。』頭垂下一足，髭便禮拜，頭云：『子見箇甚麼便禮拜？』髭云：『如紅鑪上一點雪。』」師云：「眾中商量甚多，或云：『無眼功德有甚點處？』或云：『莫要點眼麼？』待他道『便請。』好劈脊便打。若恁麼，未免穢污這功德。雲門即不然，待這老漢垂下一足，但道起動和尚。」 > Instructing the assembly, he brought up the following: "Shitou asked Changzi, 'Where did you come from?' Changzi said, 'From Lingnan.' Shitou said, 'Is the whole composition of merit on the summit of Mount Dayu accomplished yet?' Changzi said, 'It has been accomplished for a long time; it only lacks dotting the pupils.' Shitou said, 'Do you want the pupils dotted?' Changzi said, 'Please do so.' Shitou lowered one foot. Changzi then bowed. Shitou said, 'What did you see that you bowed?' Changzi said, 'Like a flake of snow on a red-hot stove.'" > The Master said, "There is much deliberation in the assembly. Some say, 'Merit without eyes—what is there to dot?' Some say, '"Do you want the pupils dotted?" Waiting for him to say "Please do so," he should have struck him right across the back.' If so, it cannot avoid defiling this merit. For Yunmen it is not so: waiting for this old fellow to lower one foot, he would simply say, 'Thank you for your trouble, Venerable.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.30) - [Next: 7.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.32) - [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.7.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.7.31) · Pramāṇa