[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) › 2.33 # 如淨和尚語錄 2.33 如淨和尚語錄 2.33 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.33) 上堂舉。五祖演和尚云。有人向虛空裡。寫得祖師西來意五箇字。老僧大展坐具拜他。師拈云。當時天童若見。只對他道。款出囚口。今則莫有同款者麼。既無。依稀斜去雁。驚破海門秋。 > Ascending the hall, he cited: "Venerable Wuzu Yan said: 'If someone can write the five characters "the ancestral master's intention in coming from the west" into empty space, this old monk will spread his sitting cloth wide and bow to him.'" > The Master raised this and said: "Had Tiantong seen it at that time, he would only have said to him: 'The confession comes from the prisoner's mouth.' > Now, is there anyone with the same confession? > Since there is not: vaguely, the wild geese veer away diagonally, breaking the autumn at Haimen with shock." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.32) - [Next: 2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.34) - [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.2.33) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.33) · Pramāṇa