<!-- Pramāṇa, a library of Indian primary sources · https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.237 -->

[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) › 9.237

# 宏智禪師廣錄 9.237

宏智禪師廣錄 9.237

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [9.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.237)

默默而坐。佛祖勘破。水冷魚潛。天空鳥過。半夜失却牛。  
平明拾得火。乍卷乍舒兮無可不可。

> Sitting in silence, thoroughly checking buddhas and patriarchs.  
> Water is cold and fish submerge; the sky is vast and birds pass by.  
> At midnight losing the ox; at daybreak picking up fire.  
> Suddenly rolling up, suddenly spreading out: nothing is permissible, nothing impermissible.  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

- [Previous: 9.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.236)
- [Next: 9.238](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.238)
- [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9)

## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001~en-mt.9.237) — English, machine translation

---
Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.237](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.9.237) · Pramāṇa
