[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) › 7.157 # 宏智禪師廣錄 7.157 宏智禪師廣錄 7.157 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.7.157) 死活路岐非異道。虛而靈兮空而妙。趙州曾問賣油翁。 不許夜行投曉到。諸禪德。若向者裏會得。 先天地生而不為早。後天地生而不為老。 識取天台把帚人。寒巖有雪無人掃。 > The branching road of death and life is not a different path; / empty and spiritual, vacant and marvelous. > Zhaozhou once asked the old man selling oil, / 'Traveling by night is not permitted; arrive at dawn.' > Noble Chan practitioners, if you understand right here, / being born before heaven and earth is not considered early, / and being born after heaven and earth is not considered late. > Recognize the man holding the broom on Mount Tiantai: / the cold cliff has snow, but no one sweeps it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.7.156) - [Next: 7.158](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.7.158) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.7.157) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.7.157](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.7.157) · Pramāṇa