[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) › 3.37 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.37 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.37 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.37) 祖佛從來不為人（各自守疆界。有條攀條。記得箇元字脚在心。入地獄如箭） 衲僧今古競頭走（踏破草鞋。拗折拄杖。高掛鉢囊）明鏡當臺列像殊（墮也。破也。打破鏡來與爾相見） 一一面南看北斗（還見老僧騎佛殿出山門麼。新羅國裏曾上堂。大唐國裏未打鼓） 斗柄垂（落處也不知。在什麼處） 無處討（瞎。可惜許。椀子落地。楪子成七八片）拈得鼻孔失却口（那裏得這消息來。果然恁麼。便打） > Patriarchs and Buddhas have never acted for people (Each guards his own boundary. / Following the branch and clinging to the branch. / Remembering the base of the character 'yuan' in mind. / Entering hell like an arrow.), / Patch-robed monks through ancient and modern compete to run headlong (Wearing out straw sandals, snapping carrying poles, hanging high the alms bowls.). > The bright mirror on the stand displays differing forms (Fallen! Broken! / Smashing the mirror, I'll meet with you.): / Each faces south to look at the Northern Dipper (Do you see this old monk riding the Buddha hall out the mountain gate? / In the kingdom of Silla he once ascended the hall; in the Great Tang they have not yet beaten the drum.). > The Dipper handle hangs down (Not even knowing where it drops. / Where is it?)— / There is no place to search (Blind! What a pity. / The bowl falls to the ground; the saucer shatters into seven or eight pieces.). / Taking hold of the nostrils, one loses the mouth (Where did he get this news? / Indeed it is thus. / Give him a blow!). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.36) - [Next: 3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.38) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.3.37) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.3.37) · Pramāṇa