[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) › [佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003) › 2.31 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 2.31 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 2.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.31) 【一七】舉。僧問香林。如何是祖師西來意（大有人疑著。猶有這箇消息在）林云。坐久成勞（魚行水濁。鳥飛落毛。合取狗口好。作家眼目。鋸解稱鎚）。 > \[Case 17\] A monk asked Xianglin: 'What is the meaning of the ancestral master coming from the West?' (Many people doubt this. Still there is this piece of news). / Xianglin said: 'Sitting long brings fatigue' (Fish move, the water grows turbid; birds fly, feathers fall. It would be better to shut that dog's mouth. The eye of an adept. A saw cutting through an iron scale-weight). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.30) - [Next: 2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.32) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.2.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.2.31) · Pramāṇa