[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) › 2.137 # 宏智禪師廣錄 2.137 宏智禪師廣錄 2.137 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.137) 舉僧問九峯。如何是頭。峯云。開眼不覺曉。僧云。如何是尾。峯云。不坐萬年床。僧云。有頭無尾時如何。峯云。終是不貴。僧云。有尾無頭時如何。峯云。雖飽無力。僧云。直得頭尾相稱時如何。峯云。兒孫得力室內不知。頌曰。 > A monk asked Jiufeng: "What is the head?" / Jiufeng said: "Opening the eyes, unaware of dawn." / The monk said: "What is the tail?" / Jiufeng said: "Not sitting on the ten-thousand-year bench." / The monk said: "What happens when there is a head but no tail?" / Jiufeng said: "Ultimately not noble." / The monk said: "What happens when there is a tail but no head?" / Jiufeng said: "Though satiated, having no strength." / The monk said: "What about when head and tail precisely correspond?" / Jiufeng said: "Descendants find strength, yet inside the room they do not know." / The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.136) - [Next: 2.138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.138) - [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.2.137) — 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.2004.4.79) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.137) · Pramāṇa