[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) › [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001) › 2.123 # 宏智禪師廣錄 2.123 宏智禪師廣錄 2.123 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.123) 舉僧問青林。學人徑往時如何。林云。死蛇當大路。勸子莫當頭。僧云。當頭時如何。林云。喪子命根。僧云。不當頭時如何。林云。亦無回避處。僧云。正當恁麼時如何。林云。却失也。僧云未審。向什麼處去也。林云。草深無覓處。僧云。和尚也須隄防始得。林撫掌云。一等是箇毒氣。頌曰。 > A monk asked Qinglin: "When a student goes straight ahead, what then?" / Qinglin said: "A dead snake blocks the great road; I advise you not to face it head-on." / The monk said: "What happens when one faces it head-on?" / Qinglin said: "You lose your life-root." / The monk said: "What happens when one does not face it head-on?" / Qinglin said: "There is also nowhere to avoid it." / The monk said: "Right at such a time, what then?" / Qinglin said: "Then you lose it." / The monk said: "I do not know, where did it go?" / Qinglin said: "The grass is deep, with nowhere to seek it." / The monk said: "The Venerable must also be on guard!" / Qinglin clapped his hands and said: "Equally, it is a poisonous vapour." / The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.122) - [Next: 2.124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.124) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.2.123) — 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.2004.4.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.123) · Pramāṇa