[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) › 4.28 # 宏智禪師廣錄 4.28 宏智禪師廣錄 4.28 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.28) 上堂云。劫前機肘後印。用而無痕。空而不盡。是誰造作大千。出自虛明方寸。爾儂欲去泥瘢。匠石不慳斤運。乃高聲喚云。解承當底禪和子。照管鼻孔。 > Ascending the hall, the Master said: "The mechanism prior to the kalpas, the seal behind the elbow—used without a trace, empty without exhaustion. Who created the great chiliocosm? It comes forth from the empty and luminous square inch. When you people wish to remove the patch of mud, Carpenter Shi does not begrudge swinging his axe." Then he called out in a loud voice, "Zen monks who understand how to take it upon yourselves, watch out for your nostrils!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.27) - [Next: 4.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.29) - [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.4.28) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.28) · Pramāṇa