[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) › [密菴和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999) › 1.135 # 密菴和尚語錄 1.135 密菴和尚語錄 1.135 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.135) 謝知事、頭首，上堂云：「敘謝之餘復有何事？其進也，風行草偃水到渠成；其退也，玉蘊荊山其價愈重。且道不落進退一句作麼生道？油煎石磉盤，風吹毛毬走，虛空背上白毛生，拈得鼻孔失却口。」喝一喝，下座。 > Thanking the administrators and heads of departments, he ascended the hall and said: "Beyond expressing thanks, what else is there? Their advancement: when the wind moves, the grass bends; when water arrives, the channel forms. Their retirement: like jade concealed in the Jing Mountains, its value becomes all the heavier. Tell me, how do you say a phrase that does not fall into advancing or retiring? Stone plinth plates fried in oil, hair-balls driven by the wind, white hairs growing on the back of empty space—picking up the nostrils, one loses the mouth." Giving a shout, he descended from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.134) - [Next: 1.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.136) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999~en-mt.1.135) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.135) · Pramāṇa