[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) › 6.34 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.34 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 6.34 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.34) 雪竇注兩句云。似海之深如山之固。僧云。此猶是揀擇。雪竇道。這僧一似蚊虻弄空裏猛風。螻蟻撼於鐵柱。雪竇賞他膽大。何故此是上頭人用底。他敢恁麼道。趙州作不放他。便云。田厙奴。什麼處是揀擇。豈不是猛風鐵柱。揀兮擇兮。當軒布鼓。雪竇末後提起教活。若識得明白。十分爾自將來了也。何故不見道。欲得親切。莫將問來問。是故當軒布鼓。 > Xuedou comments in two lines: "Deep as the sea, solid as a mountain." The monk said, "This is still picking and choosing." Xuedou says: This monk was just like midges playing in the fierce wind of the void, or ants trying to shake an iron pillar. Xuedou praised his audacity: why? Because this is what those at the top use, yet he dared to speak like that. Zhaozhou did not let him pass, but said, "You rustic slave! Where is there picking and choosing?" Is this not the fierce wind and the iron pillar? "Picking! Choosing! A cloth drum hung before the porch." At the end, Xuedou brings it up to make it come alive: if you clearly recognize it, you will have fully brought it forth yourself. Why? Have you not heard it said: "If you want intimacy, do not bring a question to question"? Therefore, "a cloth drum hung before the porch." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.33) - [Next: 6.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.35) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.6.34) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.6.34) · Pramāṇa