[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) › [虛堂和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000) › 3.22 # 虛堂和尚語錄 3.22 虛堂和尚語錄 3.22 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.22) 當晚小參：「今夜略去佛法玄妙機關，單單與諸人說些細大法門，以表進寺識面之初，諸人又不可作等閑，入在情識裡胡卜亂卜。若說舍利初自烏石嶺頭，飛入山中放光現瑞，此又是不出諸人共知；若說六殊勝地，自寶幢市，四十五里，直到明州，此又是不出諸人共見。作麼生得不落知見去？所以道：法離見聞覺知，若行見聞覺知，是則見聞覺知，非求法也。況古鄮禪叢，俊衲如市，箇箇附託得人，誰肯受爾者般祭鬼飯食。」驀喚侍者云：「收起鞏縣茶缾。」 > That evening, in an informal gathering, \[the master said\]: "Tonight I shall put aside the profound and subtle mechanisms of the Buddha Dharma, and solely explain to all of you a slightly larger Dharma door, to mark the occasion of entering the monastery and meeting you for the first time. You must not take it as ordinary, falling into emotional consciousness and divining at random. If it is said that the relic originally flew from Wushi Ridge into the mountain, emitting light and displaying auspicious signs, this is nothing beyond what you all already know. If it is said that the six sublime places extend forty-five li from Baofang Market straight to Mingzhou, this too is nothing beyond what you all already see. How can one manage not to fall into views and understanding? Therefore it is said: 'The Dharma is free from seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing. If one engages in seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing, that is seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing, not seeking the Dharma.' Furthermore, in this ancient Chan monastery of Mao, eminent patch-robed monks are like a marketplace; each has entrusted himself to a competent teacher. Who would be willing to receive your ghost-offering food?" Suddenly calling the attendant, he said: "Put away the Gong County tea pitcher." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.21) - [Next: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.23) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000~en-mt.3.22) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2000.3.22) · Pramāṇa