[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) › 4.72 # 宏智禪師廣錄 4.72 宏智禪師廣錄 4.72 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.72) 上堂僧問。清虛之理。畢竟無身時如何。師云。文彩未痕初。消息難傳際。進云。一步密移玄路轉。通身放下劫壺空。師云。誕生就父時。合體無遺照。進云。理既如是。事又作麼生。師云。歷歷纔回分化事。十方機應又何妨。進云。塵塵皆現本來身去也。師云。透一切色。超一切心。進云。如理如事。又作麼生。師云。路逢死蛇莫打殺。無底籃子盛將歸。進云。入市能長嘯。歸家著短衫。師云。木人嶺上歌。石女溪邊舞。僧禮拜。師乃云。淨照而神。明見本來之性。虛通而妙。常觀自在之身。卓卓無依。靈靈絕待。綿綿長存也。得名無量壽。如如持久也。故號不動尊。非有非無。不老不死。瑩若金波之破夜。湛如玉井之涵秋。唯證相應。言傳不到。只如正相應底時節有麼生。良久云。還相委悉麼。萬年松徑雪深覆。一帶峯巒雲更遮。 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked: "When the principle of clear voidness ultimately has no body, how is it?" The Master said: "Before decorative patterns left a mark, when news was hard to convey." The monk proceeded: "A secret step shifts and the mysterious road turns; letting go of the entire body, the flask of kalpas is empty." The Master said: "When born to approach the father, joining the substance leaves no illuminating reflection behind." The monk proceeded: "Since principle is like this, what about phenomena?" The Master said: "Distinctly, just as one turns around to manifest transformation, what harm is there in dynamic response throughout the ten directions?" The monk proceeded: "In every dust particle, the original body appears." The Master said: "Penetrating all form, transcending all mind." The monk proceeded: "In accordance with principle and in accordance with phenomena, what is it like?" The Master said: "Meeting a dead snake on the road, do not strike it dead; put it in a bottomless basket and carry it home." The monk proceeded: "Entering the marketplace, one can whistle long; returning home, one wears a short tunic." The Master said: "The wooden figure sings on the ridge; the stone woman dances by the creek." The monk bowed. The Master then said: "Purely illuminating and spiritual, clearly seeing the original nature. Void, unobstructed, and wondrous, constantly contemplating the body of ease. Towering without reliance, numinous and free of counterparts. Continuous and long-lasting, it gets the name Limitless Life. Immobile and enduring, it is therefore called the Immovable Honored One. Neither existing nor non-existing, neither aging nor dying. Lustrous as golden waves breaking the night, pure as a jade well holding autumn. Only experiential realization corresponds to it; verbal transmission cannot reach it. Just tell me: at the very moment of correspondence, what is it like?" After a long pause, he said: "Do you understand? On the path among ten-thousand-year pines, snow lies deep; along the ridge of peaks, clouds veil it further." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.71) - [Next: 4.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.73) - [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.4.72) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.4.72) · Pramāṇa