[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) › [萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004) › 1.109 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.109 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.109 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.109) 師云。四句為四謗。如大火聚四面不可入。四句為四門。如清涼池四面皆可入。萬松昔年在大明作書記。時潭柘亨和尚過大明。昏夜扣門告侍者。燒香結緣。潭柘便放相見。萬松請益如何是活句。如何是死句。柘云。書記若會死句。也是活句。若不會活句。也是死句。當時自念。老作家手段終別。今日看這僧問。矴矴要離四句百非之外別指出祖意。三箇老漢頭腦相似。若便作離四句絕百非會好。與這僧一坑埋却。後來天童。頌仰山夢中白槌道。離四句絕百非。馬師父子病休醫。萬松道。是何心行。白頭黑頭兮克家之子。周易蒙卦。九二子克家。能荷家業也。有句無句兮截流之機。萬松道。只有湛水之波。且無滔天之浪。堂堂坐斷舌頭路。應笑毘耶老古錐。梵語毘耶離。譯云廣嚴。維摩所居城名。文殊問不二法門。維摩默然。這僧問馬師父子。葛藤遍地。且道。那裏是應笑處。但能莫觸當今諱。也勝前朝斷舌才。 > The Master said: The four propositions are four slanders—like a great mass of fire, it cannot be entered from any of its four sides. The four propositions are four gates—like a cool and refreshing pond, it can be entered from all four sides. > Years ago, when Wansong served as scribe at Daming, Venerable Heng of Tanzhe passed through Daming. In the dark of night he knocked at the gate and told the attendant, "I have burned incense to form an affinity." Tanzhe then allowed him an interview. Wansong requested instruction: "What is a living phrase? What is a dead phrase?" > Zhe said, "Scribe, if you understand a dead phrase, it is also a living phrase. If you do not understand a living phrase, it is also a dead phrase." > At that time I thought to myself, "The methods of an old adept are indeed distinct!" > Today, looking at this monk's question, he obstinately insisted on pointing out the ancestral intention separately outside the four propositions and hundred negations. The three old fellows had similar heads. If one immediately took it as an understanding of leaving the four propositions and cutting off the hundred negations, it would be well to bury them in the same pit with this monk. > Later, Tiantong's verse on Yangshan striking the mallet in a dream said, "Free from the four propositions and cutting off the hundred negations, / The illness of Master Ma and his sons needs no cure." Wansong says: What kind of mindset is that? > "White head and black head—sons who can carry on the family." The \*Classic of Changes\*, hexagram Meng, nine in the second place: "A son able to carry on the family" means he can shoulder the family estate. > "With phrases and without phrases—the dynamic that cuts off the flow." Wansong says: There are only ripples upon clear water; there are no heaven-surging waves. > "Magnificently they cut off the road of the tongue, / And should laugh at that old awl of Vaiśālī." The Sanskrit word Vaiśālī is translated as "Broad and Magnificent"; it is the name of the city where Vimalakīrti resided. When Mañjuśrī asked about the Dharma gate of non-duality, Vimalakīrti was silent. This monk asked Master Ma and his sons, and entangling vines covered the ground. Tell me, where is the point to be laughed at? > "If only one can avoid offending the taboo of the reigning sovereign, / That already surpasses the tongue-severing talent of the former dynasty." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.108) - [Next: 1.110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.110) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.1.109) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.109) · Pramāṇa