[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) › 4.36 # 宏智禪師廣錄 4.36 宏智禪師廣錄 4.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.36) 上堂僧問。如何是向去底人。師云。寂寥寥沒蹤跡。進云。如何是却來底人。師云。明歷歷有消息。進云。如何是不來不去底人。師云。坐却儞舌頭。方見我鼻孔。進云。謝師答話。師乃云。歷代祖機如掣電擊鈍器不開。三世佛辯似懸河灌漏巵不滿。還知有省力為人處麼。天寒日短。兩人共一盌。 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "What is the person who goes forward like?" > The Master said: "Desolate and lonely, without a trace." > \[The monk\] asked: "What is the person who turns back like?" > The Master said: "Clearly distinct, there is news." > \[The monk\] asked: "What is the person who neither comes nor goes like?" > The Master said: "Only when you sit down on your tongue will you see my nostrils." > \[The monk\] said: "Thank you, Master, for answering my question." > The Master then said: "The dynamism of the ancestral masters through the ages is like a flash of lightning, which cannot be opened by striking a dull vessel; the eloquence of the Buddhas of the three periods is like a cascading river, which cannot fill a leaking goblet. Do you know that there is a place of saving effort for the sake of people? The weather is cold and the days are short; two people share a single bowl." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.35) - [Next: 4.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.37) - [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.4.36) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.36) · Pramāṇa