[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) › 5.40 # 宏智禪師廣錄 5.40 宏智禪師廣錄 5.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.40) 小參云。好兄弟古者道。若論此事。譬如滄溟上客。夢泛蘭舟。月渚煙波。隨情放曠。衲僧家。須知有者般手段始得。於無髮地。駕沒底船。月載風行。水棲雲臥。煙波萬頃。任去任來。蘆雪一灣。乍出乍沒。不居兩岸。豈滯中流。長天未曉野雲橫。古渡無風夜蟾午。若也片帆不掛。短棹俄停。混融天水無痕。清淡家風有在。乃竪起拂子云。正當恁麼時。棹竿却在覺上座手裏。便乃撥雲衝霧。逆浪截流。任運優游。縱橫變態去也。所以道。停舟諳水勢。舉棹別波瀾。然而截斷眾流之機。則詮表不及。且如隨波逐浪底句。又作麼生道。要會麼。冬不寒﨟下看。今夜寒色憶得。僧問曹山。雪覆千山。為甚麼孤峯不白。山云。須知有異中異。僧云。如何是異中異。山云。不墮諸山色。師云。者僧問處。如雛鳳離巢不留影迹。曹山答時。似老龍退骨。脫盡廉纖。直饒千里同風。十方一色。未是衲僧放身命處。畢竟作麼生。是衲僧放身命處。神物無尋處。臺盤徹底乾。 > At an informal gathering, \[the Master\] said: "Good brothers! An ancient said: 'If we discuss this matter, it is like a guest on the boundless ocean dreaming of drifting in a magnolia boat, letting his feelings wander freely amidst the moonlit islets and misty waves.' Those of the house of patch-robed monks must possess this kind of capability before they can succeed: piloting a bottomless boat upon hairless ground, carried by the moon and driven by the wind, lodging on water and sleeping on clouds. Across ten thousand leagues of misty waves, freely coming and freely going; within a bend of snowy reeds, suddenly appearing and suddenly vanishing. Not residing on either shore, how could one be stranded in midstream? The vast sky has not yet dawned, wild clouds lie across; at the ancient ferry with no wind, the nocturnal moon hangs at midnight. If not a single sail is hoisted and the short oar suddenly stops, heaven and water blend without a trace, and the cool and clear family style is present." He then held up his whisk and said: "Just at such a time, the oar handle is instead in the hands of senior monk Jue! Thereupon, parting the clouds and bursting through the mist, braving the waves and cutting off the current, moving at will and wandering leisurely, changing forms freely in every direction. Therefore it is said: 'Stopping the boat, one discerns the currents of the water; raising the oar, one distinguishes the billows.' However, when it comes to the functioning of cutting off the myriad streams, exposition cannot reach it. And what about the phrase that follows the waves and pursues the billows—how do you express it? Do you want to understand? If it is not cold in winter, look toward the year's end. Tonight's chill is palpable. I recall that a monk asked Caoshan: 'When snow covers the thousand mountains, why is the solitary peak not white?' Caoshan said: 'You must know there is a difference within difference.' The monk said: 'What is the difference within difference?' Caoshan said: 'It does not fall into the colors of the various mountains.'" The Master said: "Where that monk asked was like a fledgling phoenix leaving the nest without leaving behind shadow or trace. When Caoshan answered, it was like an old dragon shedding its bones, sloughing off every trace of trivial attachment. Even if for a thousand leagues there is the same wind and the ten directions are of one color, this is still not the place where a patch-robed monk casts down body and life. In the end, what is the place where a patch-robed monk casts down body and life? The divine creature is nowhere to be sought; the platter is thoroughly dry." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.39) - [Next: 5.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.41) - [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.5.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [撫州曹山本寂禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1987b.1.67) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.5.40) · Pramāṇa