[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) › [如淨和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a) › 1.41 # 如淨和尚語錄 1.41 如淨和尚語錄 1.41 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.1.41) 冬至上堂。昨日一線短。今朝一線長。針眼裡過。尺寸上量。短長驀劄斷。巧綉出鴛鴦。舉拂子云。看還見麼。我見人見。眾生見壽者見。咄都不見。最親見。斬新慶賀。千化萬變。 > Ascending the hall on the Winter Solstice: "Yesterday a thread shorter; today a thread longer. Passing through the needle's eye, measured by feet and inches. Short and long abruptly severed; skillfully embroidering mandarin ducks." Raising his whisk, he said, "Look! Do you still see? Self-perception, person-perception, sentient-being-perception, life-span-perception. Bah! None of them are seen; the most intimate see. Brand-new congratulations, a thousand changes and ten thousand transformations." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.1.40) - [Next: 1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.1.42) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.1.41) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.1.41) · Pramāṇa