[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) › 2.149 # 宏智禪師廣錄 2.149 宏智禪師廣錄 2.149 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.149) 舉仰山問中邑。如何是佛性義。邑云。我與爾說箇譬喻。如室有六窓中安一獼猴。外有人喚云狌狌。獼猴即應。如是六窓俱喚俱應。仰云。祇如獼猴睡時。又作麼生。邑乃下禪床把住云。狌狌我與爾相見。頌曰。 > Yangshan asked Zhongyi: "What is the meaning of Buddha-nature?" > Zhongyi said: "I will speak an analogy for you. It is like a room with six windows, in which a monkey is placed. Someone outside calls: 'Monkey, monkey!' The monkey immediately responds. In this way, calling at all six windows, it responds to all." > Yangshan said: "Just when the monkey is asleep, what then?" > Zhongyi then stepped down from the meditation seat, seized him, and said: "Monkey, monkey, I see you!" > An ode says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.148](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.148) - [Next: 2.150](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.150) - [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.2.149) — 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.2004.5.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.149](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.149) · Pramāṇa