[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) › 1.169 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.169 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 1.169 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.169) 師云。此箇公案。全在是與不是處。時人盡道。麻谷被草敬南泉調弄。唯大溈喆道。章敬道是。也落在麻谷彀中。南泉道不是。亦落在麻谷彀中。如金剛寶處於日中光色無定。天童道。好看棬䙡。且麻谷落棬䙡。南泉落棬䙡。似抑似揚。難兄難弟。天童道。一往觀來。似抑似揚。點檢將來。難兄難弟。東漢陳元方子長文。即陳群也。與季方子孝光。各論其父功德。爭之不決。咨於太丘。太丘即陳寔。元方季方父也。太丘曰。元方難為兄。季方難為弟。此謂章敬左眼半斤。南泉右眼八兩。金錫一振太孤標。永嘉證道經亦云。不是標形虛事治。如來寶杖親蹤跡。雪竇道。古策風高十二門。門門有路空蕭索。錫杖經云。十二環者。用念十二因緣修行十二門禪。十二緣易知。十二門。四禪四無量四無色定。古策風高。即太孤標也。六祖亦云。夫沙門具三千威儀八萬細行。大德何方而來生大我慢。天童意道。不是標形亦。非我慢。繩床三遶閑游戲。章敬道是。南泉道不是。叢林擾擾是非裏走作。若無把定乾坤眼。盡是髑髏前見鬼。不見。僧問九峯。如何是把定乾坤眼。峯云。乾坤在裏許。僧云。乾坤眼何在。峯云。正是乾坤眼。僧云。適來為什麼。道乾坤在裏許。峯云。若不恁麼。髑髏前見鬼無數。萬松這裏有箇禁師。卓拄杖一下云。急急如律令。 > The Master said: This gong'an lies entirely in the place of 'is' and 'is not'. People of the day all say that Magu was toyed with by Zhangjing and Nanquan. Only Dawei Zhe said, 'When Zhangjing said "It is," he also fell into Magu's trap; when Nanquan said "It is not," he likewise fell into Magu's trap.' Like a vajra jewel placed under the sun, its radiance and colours are unfixed. Tiantong says, 'Look closely at the snare.' Now, did Magu fall into the snare, or did Nanquan fall into the snare? 'Seeming to suppress, seeming to extol; / Hard to choose between the elder and younger brother.' Tiantong says: Viewed at first glance, it seems to suppress and seems to extol; upon close examination, they are hard to tell apart as elder and younger brother. In the Eastern Han, Chen Yuanfang's son Changwen—namely Chen Qun—and Jifang's son Xiaoguang each debated the merits and virtues of their respective fathers, arguing without resolution, and inquired of \[the Magistrate of\] Taiqiu. Taiqiu was Chen Shi, father to Yuanfang and Jifang. Taiqiu said, 'It is difficult for Yuanfang to be the elder brother, and difficult for Jifang to be the younger brother.' This means Zhangjing's left eye is half a pound, and Nanquan's right eye is eight ounces. 'The gold staff once shaken is so singularly aloft'—Yongjia's Song of Enlightenment also says, 'It is not an empty formal badge of outward practice; / It is following directly in the traces of the Tathāgata's precious staff.' Xuedou said, 'The ancient staff, its wind high through the twelve gates; / At gate after gate there is a path, desolate and empty.' The Staff Sūtra says: 'The twelve rings are for mindfully recollecting the twelve links of conditioned origination and cultivating the twelve gates of dhyāna.' The twelve links are easily understood; the twelve gates are the four dhyānas, the four immeasurables, and the four formless absorptions. 'The ancient staff, its wind high'—this is 'so singularly aloft'. The Sixth Patriarch also said, 'Now a śramaṇa is endowed with three thousand deportments and eighty thousand fine conducts; from where has the Great Worthy come to give rise to such great conceit?' Tiantong's meaning is: It is neither an outward mark nor conceit. 'Thrice circling the rope-seated chair, a leisurely playful sport.' Zhangjing said, 'It is'; Nanquan said, 'It is not.' Running about amid the clamour of right and wrong in the monasteries—if one lacks the eye that holds firm the universe, it is all seeing ghosts before a skull. Have you not seen: A monk asked Jiufeng, 'What is the eye that holds firm the universe?' Feng said, 'The universe is inside.' The monk said, 'Where is the eye of the universe?' Feng said, 'It is precisely the eye of the universe.' The monk said, 'Why did you say just now that the universe is inside?' Feng said, 'If not so, one sees countless ghosts before a skull.' Wansong has an exorcist here; striking once with his staff, he says: 'Swiftly, swiftly, in accordance with the statutes and ordinances!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.168](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.168) - [Next: 1.170](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.170) - [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.1.169) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.169](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.1.169) · Pramāṇa