[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) › 8.26 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.26 大慧普覺禪師語錄 8.26 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.26) 示眾，舉：「僧問趙州：『如何是祖師西來意？』州云：『庭前柏樹子。』僧云：『和尚莫將境示人。』州云：『我不將境示人。』僧問：『如何是祖師西來意？』州云：『庭前柏樹子。』」師云：「庭前柏樹子，今日重新舉，打破趙州關，特地尋言語。既是打破關，為甚麼却尋言語？當初將謂茅長短，燒了元來地不平。」 > Instructing the assembly, he cited: "A monk asked Zhaozhou, 'What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West?' Zhaozhou said, 'The cypress tree in the courtyard.' The monk said, 'Venerable, do not show people by means of an object.' Zhaozhou said, 'I do not show people by means of an object.' The monk asked, 'What is the meaning of the Patriarch's coming from the West?' Zhaozhou said, 'The cypress tree in the courtyard.'" The Master said: / "The cypress tree in the courtyard / Is brought up again today. / Having broken through Zhaozhou's checkpoint, / He deliberately seeks out words. / Since he broke through the checkpoint, / Why then seek out words? / At first it was thought the thatch was short and tall; / Once burned away, it turns out the ground was uneven." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.25) - [Next: 8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.27) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.8.26) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.92) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.8.26) · Pramāṇa