[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) › 2.8 # 宏智禪師廣錄 2.8 宏智禪師廣錄 2.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.8) 舉梁武帝問達磨大師。如何是聖諦第一義。磨云。廓然無聖。帝云。對朕者唯。磨云不識。帝不契。遂渡江至少林。面壁九年。頌曰。 > Case: Emperor Wu of the Liang asked Master Bodhidharma, "What is the prime meaning of the holy truths?" Bodhidharma said, "Vast and open, nothing holy." The emperor said, "Who is facing Us?" Bodhidharma said, "I do not know." The emperor did not understand. Bodhidharma then crossed the river and went to Shaolin, where he faced the wall for nine years. The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.9) - [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.2.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.8) · Pramāṇa