[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) › 2.21 # 宏智禪師廣錄 2.21 宏智禪師廣錄 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.21) 一尺水一丈波。五百生前不奈何。不落不昧商量也。 依前撞入葛藤窠。阿呵呵會也麼。若是爾灑灑落落。 不妨我哆哆和和。神歌社舞自成曲。 拍手其間唱哩囉。 > A foot of water, ten feet of waves; > Five hundred lives before, nothing could be done. > Not falling, not blind—deliberations all, > As before, crashing into a briar patch. > Ah-ha-ha! Do you understand? > If you are untrammelled and free, > It does no harm for me to babble along. > Spirit songs and altar dances naturally form a tune; > Clapping hands in their midst, singing 'li-luo'! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.22) - [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.2.21) — 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.2004.1.121) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.21) · Pramāṇa