[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) › 9.48 # 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 9.48 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 9.48 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.9.48) 智門道。蚌含明月兔子。懷胎。都用中秋意。雖然如此。古人意却不在蚌兔上。他是雲門會下尊宿。一句語須具三句。所謂函蓋乾坤句。截斷眾流句。隨波逐浪句。亦不消安排。自然恰好。便去嶮處。答這僧話。略露些子鋒鋩。不妨奇特。雖然恁麼。他古人終不去弄光影。只與爾指些路頭教人見。這僧問。如何是般若體。智門云。蚌含明月。漢江出蚌。蚌中有明珠。到中秋月出。蚌於水面浮。開口含月光。感而產珠。合浦珠是也。若中秋有月則珠多。無月則珠少。如何是般若用。門云。兔子懷胎。此意亦無異。兔屬陰。中秋月生。開口吞其光。便乃懷胎。口中產兒。亦是有月則多。無月則少。他古人答處。無許多事。他只借其意。而答般若光也。雖然恁麼。他意不在言句上。自是後人。去言句上作活計。不見盤山道。心月孤圓光吞萬象。光非照境境亦非存。光境俱亡復是何物。如今人但瞠眼喚作光。只去情上生解。空裏釘橛。古人道。汝等諸人。六根門頭晝夜放大光明。照破山河大地。不只止眼根放光。鼻舌身意亦皆放光也。到這裏直須打疊六根下無一星事。淨裸裸赤灑灑地。方見此話落處。雪竇正恁麼頌出。 > Zhimen said: "The clam holds the bright moon," and "The rabbit conceives"—both employ the imagery of mid-autumn. Although this is so, the ancient's intention did not reside in the clam and the rabbit. He was a venerable elder in Yunmen's assembly. A single phrase had to contain three phrases: the phrase that covers heaven and earth, the phrase that cuts off the myriad streams, and the phrase that follows the waves and pursues the billows. Without needing contrivance, it naturally hit the mark; going straight to the steep place, he answered this monk's question, revealing just a bit of sharp edge, which was undeniably extraordinary. Even though it was like this, that ancient ultimately did not play with light and shadow; he only pointed out a bit of the road to let people see. > This monk asked: "What is the substance of prajñā?" Zhimen said: "The clam holds the bright moon." The Han River produces clams, and within the clams are bright pearls. When the mid-autumn moon appears, the clams float to the water's surface, opening their mouths to embrace the moonlight, and by this resonance they produce pearls; these are the pearls of Hepu. If there is a moon at mid-autumn, there are many pearls; if there is no moon, there are few pearls. > "What is the function of prajñā?" Zhimen said: "The rabbit conceives." The meaning here is no different. The rabbit belongs to yin; when the mid-autumn moon rises, it opens its mouth and swallows its light, whereupon it conceives and gives birth to young from its mouth. This, too, is a case of many when there is a moon and few when there is no moon. > In the ancient's answer, there was not all this fuss; he merely borrowed the metaphor to answer concerning the light of prajñā. Although it was like this, his intention did not reside in the words and phrases. It is simply later people who make a living upon the words and phrases. Have you not heard Panshan say: "The mind-moon is solitary and round, its light swallowing the myriad forms. The light does not illuminate objects, nor do the objects exist. When light and objects are both extinguished, what is it again?" Nowadays, people merely stare with wide eyes and call it light, producing interpretations purely from emotion, driving stakes into empty space. An ancient said: "All of you, at the gates of your six sense faculties, day and night emit great bright light that illuminates and shatters the mountains, rivers, and the great earth." It is not only the eye faculty that emits light; the nose, tongue, body, and mind also all emit light. When you reach here, you must completely clear away the six faculties so that not a single speck of dust remains, stark naked and utterly exposed; only then will you perceive where this phrase lands. Xuedou eulogizes it precisely thus: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.9.47) - [Next: 9.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.9.49) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003~en-mt.9.48) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [黃龍慧南禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1993.1.187) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.9.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2003.9.48) · Pramāṇa