[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) › 2.18 # 宏智禪師廣錄 2.18 宏智禪師廣錄 2.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.18) 舉藥山久不陞座。院主白云。大眾久思示誨。請和尚為眾說法。山令打鐘。眾方集。山陞座。良久便下座歸方丈。主隨後問云。和尚適來許為眾說法。云何不垂一言。山云。經有經師。論有論師。爭怪得老僧。頌曰。 > Case: Yaoshan had not ascended the seat for a long time. The monastery director reported, "The great assembly has long yearned for instruction. We request the Venerable Master to preach the Dharma for the assembly." Yaoshan ordered the bell to be struck. Only when the assembly had gathered did Yaoshan ascend the seat. After a good while, he stepped down from the seat and returned to the abbot's quarters. The director followed behind him and asked, "Just now the Venerable Master consented to preach the Dharma for the assembly. Why did you not bestow a single word?" Yaoshan said, "For sūtras there are sūtra masters; for treatises there are treatise masters. How can you blame this old monk?" The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.17) - [Next: 2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.19) - [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.2.18) — 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.2004.1.113) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.18) · Pramāṇa