[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) › 1.159 # 密菴和尚語錄 1.159 密菴和尚語錄 1.159 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.159) 上堂，舉：「老宿云：『祖師九年面壁為訪知音，若與麼會，將來喫鐵棒有日在。』又有一老宿云：『祖師九年面壁何不慚惶？若與麼會，更買草鞋行脚三十年。』瑯瑘和尚拈云：『既不然，且道祖師面壁意作麼生？欲得不招無間業，莫謗如來正法輪。』」師云：「二老宿敲塼打瓦；瑯瑘和尚畫虎成狸。諸人要見祖師面壁底意旨麼？窮坑難滿。」 > Ascending the hall, he cited: “An old master said: ‘The ancestral master sat facing the wall for nine years in search of an intimate friend; if you understand it this way, the day will come when you taste an iron staff.’ Another old master said: ‘The ancestral master sat facing the wall for nine years—why was he not ashamed? If you understand it this way, you must buy another pair of straw sandals and go on pilgrimage for thirty years.’ Venerable Langye commented: ‘Since that is not so, tell me, what was the ancestral master's meaning in facing the wall? If you wish to avoid incurring karma for the Avīci Hell, do not slander the Tathāgata's wheel of the correct Dharma.’“ The master said: “Those two old masters were knocking on bricks and striking tiles; Venerable Langye painted a tiger and turned it into a wildcat. Do you people want to see the ancestral master's intention in facing the wall? A destitute pit is hard to fill.” > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.158) - [Next: 1.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.160) - [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.1.159) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.159](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1999.1.159) · Pramāṇa