[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) › 1.155 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.155 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.155 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.155) 師云。德山尋常。敲風打雨。呵佛罵祖。這僧過犯彌天。為甚却放過。殊不知。撲牛不用索。殺人不用刀。幾曾放過來。老黃龍道。德山持聾作啞。雖然暗得便宜。廓公掩耳偷鈴。爭奈傍觀者醜。萬松道。豈止偷鈴。如九重淵底。驪龍頷下。抉珠正值龍睡。若覺時必為虀粉。大溈喆云。若不登龍門。焉知滄海寬。直饒浪擊千尋。爭奈龍王不顧。萬松道。纖鱗片甲不足為怪。佛果道。德山直是惡手脚。見這僧不是受鉆鎚底人。所以便休去。萬松道。古人遇物臨機。各有方便。山謂巖頭曰。爾已後向老僧頭上屙去在。巖頭後來。果謂大小德山不會末後句。古人抑揚縱奪。豈得失勝負可拘。黃龍大溈只舉大綱。更看。天童頌出深細。頌云。 > The Master said: Deshan usually beat the wind and struck the rain, scolding buddhas and abusing patriarchs. This monk's transgression filled the sky; why did he instead let him off? Little do people know: to tackle an ox one needs no rope; to kill someone one needs no knife. When did he ever let him off? Old Huanglong said: "Deshan played deaf and dumb; although he secretly gained an advantage, Attendant Kuo covered his ears to steal a bell—how could he avoid looking ugly to onlookers?" Wansong says: Not only stealing a bell—it is like delving under the black dragon's chin in the depths of the ninefold abyss; gouging the jewel happened to be when the dragon was asleep. Had it awakened, he would surely have been ground to mincemeat. Daguan Zhe said: "If one does not ascend the Dragon Gate, how can one know the vastness of the azure sea? Even if waves strike a thousand spans high, how can one help it if the Dragon King pays no attention?" Wansong says: Tiny scales and slender shells are not worth wondering at. Foguo said: "Deshan was truly a ruthless hand; seeing that this monk was not a man who could take the chisel and hammer, he therefore let it drop." Wansong says: When the ancients encountered objects and faced dynamics, each had his own skillful means. Deshan said to Yantou, "Later on you will shit upon this old monk's head!" Later Yantou indeed said, "Big and small Deshans do not understand the final word." How could the ancients' pressing down and lifting up, releasing and seizing, be confined by gain and loss, victory and defeat? Huanglong and Daguan only raised the broad outlines; look further at Tiantong versifying the deep subtleties. The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.154](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.154) - [Next: 1.156](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.156) - [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.1.155) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.155](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.155) · Pramāṇa