[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) › 2.21 # 如淨和尚語錄 2.21 如淨和尚語錄 2.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.21) 復舉。文殊問無著。近離甚麼處。著云。南方。殊云。南方佛法如何住持。著云。末法比丘少奉戒律。殊云。多少眾。著云。或三百或五百。師云。春風勾引鷓鴣啼。著問文殊。此間佛法如何住持。殊云。凡聖同居。龍蛇混雜。著云。多少眾。殊云。前三三後三三。師云。平地波瀾釣鐵船。者兩轉語。要與諸方眉毛廝結。更有兩轉語。要與諸方點眼。或三百或五百。銅錢鐵錢。省數足陌。前三三後三三。蘿蔔芋嬭。淺貯滿擔。諸方忽然眼開。決定拍手大笑。笑箇甚麼。不笑巴人。便笑杜撰。雖然笑者還稀。忽有人問天童多少眾。但向他道。新起妙嚴誇第一。一齊都在畫圖中。 > He also cited: Mañjuśrī asked Wuzhuo, "Where have you recently come from?" > Wuzhuo said, "The South." > Mañjuśrī said, "How is the Buddha-Dharma maintained in the South?" > Wuzhuo said, "Bhikṣus of the final age seldom keep the precepts and discipline." > Mañjuśrī said, "How large is the assembly?" > Wuzhuo said, "Sometimes three hundred, sometimes five hundred." > The Master said, "The spring breeze entices the partridge to cry." > Wuzhuo asked Mañjuśrī, "How is the Buddha-Dharma maintained around here?" > Mañjuśrī said, "Ordinary mortals and sages dwell together; dragons and snakes intermingle." > Wuzhuo said, "How large is the assembly?" > Mañjuśrī said, "The front three-three, the back three-three." > The Master said, "Billows upon level ground angle for an iron boat. > These two turning words aim to knot eyebrows together with those of all quarters. > There are yet two more turning words that aim to open the eyes of all quarters: > 'Sometimes three hundred, sometimes five hundred'— > Copper coins and iron coins, short count or full hundred. > 'The front three-three, the back three-three'— > Radishes and taro tubers, shallowly packed, fill the carrying pole. > If all quarters suddenly open their eyes, they will certainly clap their hands and roar with laughter. > Laughing at what? If not laughing at the man from Ba, then laughing at mere fabrication. > Though those who laugh are still rare, > if someone suddenly asks Tiantong how large the assembly is, > I will simply say to him: 'Newly built Miaoyan boasts of being foremost; > all together, they are right within the painted picture.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.20) - [Next: 2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.22) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a~en-mt.2.21) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.23) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.21) · Pramāṇa