[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) › 5.11 # 宏智禪師廣錄 5.11 宏智禪師廣錄 5.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.11) 小參僧問。廓而無際。不立一塵。湛而獨存。十方普應。正恁麼時如何。師云。也無十方可應。僧云。如空合空。似水歸水。師云。是即便是。似箇甚麼。僧云。也要分明指註則箇。師云。儞試向分明處指註看。僧云。夜月有輝含古渡。白雲無雨裹秋山。師云。正位其間轉側。偏位裏許歸來。僧云。不涉往來底。是什麼人。師云。夜明簾外主。僧云。白雲覆青山。青山頂不露。師云。猶偏正邊事。僧云。不落偏正時如何。師云落。僧禮拜。 > At an informal gathering, a monk asked: "Vast and boundless, not establishing a single dust mote; profound and uniquely persisting, universally responding to the ten directions. How is it just at such a time?" > The Master said, "There are also no ten directions to respond to." > The monk said, "Like space merging with space, like water returning to water." > The Master said, "Though it is indeed so, what is it like?" > The monk said, "I also need you to point it out clearly." > The Master said, "Try pointing it out where it is clear, and let us see." > The monk said, "The night moon shines, embracing the ancient ford; / White clouds bring no rain, wrapping the autumn mountain." > The Master said, "Turning sideways within the upright position; returning from inside the biased position." > The monk said, "Who is the one who does not engage in coming and going?" > The Master said, "The host outside the luminous curtain of night." > The monk said, "White clouds cover the green mountain; / The peak of the green mountain is not exposed." > The Master said, "This is still an affair on the side of the biased and upright." > The monk said, "How is it when not falling into bias and uprightness?" > The Master said, "It falls." > The monk made prostrations. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.10) - [Next: 5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.12) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.5.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.11) · Pramāṇa