[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) › 8.29 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.29 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.29) 垂示云。向上轉去。可以穿天下人鼻孔。似鶻捉鳩。向下轉去。自己鼻孔在別人手裏。如龜藏殼。箇中忽有箇出來道。本來無向上向下。用轉作什麼。只向伊道。我也知爾向鬼窟裏作活計。且道作麼生。辨箇緇素。良久云。有條攀條無條攀例。試舉看。 > The pointer says: Turning upward, one can pierce the nostrils of the people of the world, like a falcon seizing a pigeon. Turning downward, one's own nostrils are in someone else's hands, like a turtle hiding in its shell. If someone suddenly steps out from within and says, "Originally there is neither upward nor downward; what is the use of turning?" I would simply say to him, "I also know you are making a living inside a ghost cave." Tell me, how do you distinguish black from white? After a long pause, he said: Where there are regulations, follow the regulations; where there are no regulations, follow precedent. To test, I cite \[the case\]: Look! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.28) - [Next: 8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.30) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.8.29) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.29) · Pramāṇa