[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) › 4.253 # 宏智禪師廣錄 4.253 宏智禪師廣錄 4.253 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.253) 沙彌請上堂舉。僧問讓和尚。如鏡鑄像。像成後光歸何處。讓云。如大德作童子時。相狀向什麼處去也。師云。只者便是。非像非鏡。誰主誰賓。何偏何正。縫罅莫我欺無孔之槌。錙銖莫我定無星之秤。驀拈柱杖作攪勢云。聊將柱杖攪滄溟。令彼魚龍知水為命。 > A novice requested \[an address\]. Ascending the hall, \[the Master\] brought up: A monk asked Master Rang: "Just as a mirror casts an image: after the image is formed, where does the brightness return?" > Rang said: "Just as when you, Virtuous One, were a child, where did your appearance go?" > The Master said: "Just this is it. Neither image nor mirror; who is host and who is guest? What is biased and what is upright? The hole-less mallet cannot deceive me with seams or cracks; the star-less steelyard cannot fix me by drachms or grains." Suddenly picking up his staff, he made a stirring gesture and said: "I casually take the staff to stir the vast ocean, making those fish and dragons know that water is their life." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.252](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.252) - [Next: 4.254](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.254) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.4.253) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.253](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.253) · Pramāṇa