[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) › 8.43 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.43 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 8.43 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.43) 【八〇】舉。僧問趙州。初生孩子。還具六識也無（閃電之機。說什麼初生孩兒子）趙州云。急水上打毬子（過也。俊鷂趁不及。也要驗過）僧復問投子。急水上打毬子。意旨如何（也是作家同驗過。還會麼。過也）子云。念念不停流（打葛藤漢）。 > \[Case 80\] A monk asked Zhaozhou, "Does a newborn infant still possess the six consciousnesses or not?" (The dynamic of a lightning flash. Why talk about a newborn infant?) > Zhaozhou said, "Hitting a ball on swift water." (Gone past! Even a swift falcon cannot catch up. One must test it out.) > The monk also asked Touzi, "'Hitting a ball on swift water'—what is its meaning?" (An adept testing it together. Do you understand? Gone past!) > Touzi said, "Flowing uninterrupted thought after thought." (A fellow making entangling vines). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.42) - [Next: 8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.44) - [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.8.43) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.8.43) · Pramāṇa