[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) › 4.7 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.7 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 4.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.7) 【三二】舉。定上座。問臨濟。如何是佛法大意（多少人到此茫然。猶有這箇在。訝郎當作什麼）濟下禪床擒住。與一掌。便托開（今日捉敗。老婆心切。天下衲僧跳不出）定佇立（已落鬼窟裏。蹉過了也。未免失却鼻孔）傍僧云。定上座何不禮拜（冷地裏有人覷破。全得他力。東家人死西家人助哀）定方禮拜（將勤補拙）忽然大悟（如暗得燈。如貧得寶。將錯就錯。且道定上座見箇什麼便禮拜）。 > \[32\] Case: Senior Monk Ding asked Linji, "What is the great meaning of the Buddha Dharma?" (How many people are bewildered upon reaching here? Still this remains. What are you playing the fool for?) > Linji came down from his meditation seat, seized him, gave him a slap, and then pushed him away. (Caught today! Deep grandmotherly heart. Patch-robed monks throughout the world cannot leap out.) > Ding stood still. (Already fallen into a demon's cave. He has missed it. Inevitably he loses his nostrils.) > A monk beside him said, "Senior Monk Ding, why do you not make prostrations?" (Someone observes from a cold spot. Ding relies entirely on his strength. When a person dies in the eastern house, those in the western house join in mourning.) > Ding was just making prostrations (Making up for clumsiness with diligence.) > when he suddenly had great awakening. (Like finding a lamp in the dark, like a pauper getting a treasure. Going along with the error to make it right. But tell me, what did Senior Monk Ding see that he made prostrations?) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.6) - [Next: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.8) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.4.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.4.7) · Pramāṇa