[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) › 2.13 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.13 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 2.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.13) 師云。若道狗子佛性端的是有。後來却道無。端的是無。前來却道有。若道道有道無且是一期應機。拶著說出。各有道理。所以道。明眼漢沒窠臼。這僧問處要廣見聞。不依本分。趙州道有。以毒去毒。以病醫病。這僧又道既有。為甚撞入這皮袋。不知自己生。入狗腹中了也。州云。為他知而故犯。一槌兩當。快便難逢。這僧將謂。依因判果。若恁麼會。作座主奴。也未得。後來有僧再問。便却道無。是他得底人。道有也有出身處。道無也有出身處。這僧依文按本道。一切眾生皆有佛性。狗子為什麼却無。似這一拶。敢道。撥天關底手。轉身無路。是他款款道。箇為伊有業識在。爾且道。這僧皮下還有血麼。天童不免。向赤肉瘢上。更著艾燋。頌云。 > The Master said: If you say the dog's buddha-nature truly exists, later he said it does not. If it truly does not exist, earlier he said it does. If you say saying 'has' and saying 'has not' are merely temporary responses to the occasion, squeezed out under pressure, each has its reason. Therefore it is said: A clear-eyed person has no set pattern. Where this monk asked, he wanted to broaden his information and did not rely on his fundamental portion. Zhaozhou said 'Yes,' taking away poison with poison, curing sickness with sickness. This monk then said, 'Since it has it, why does it crash into this skin bag?' He did not know that he himself had been born into a dog's belly! Zhou said, 'Because he knowingly and deliberately transgresses'—one hammer blow hitting two marks, swift and hard to encounter. This monk thought it was judging the fruit according to the cause. If one understands it like that, one wouldn't even qualify to be a lecturer's servant. Later another monk asked again, and then he said 'No.' A person who has attained: saying 'has,' he has an exit; saying 'has not,' he also has an exit. This monk, adhering to the texts and relying on the books, said, 'All sentient beings have buddha-nature; why does a dog not have it?' With a cornering like this, I dare say that even a hand that shifts the heavenly barrier would have no room to turn around. Yet he leisurely said, 'Because it still has karmic consciousness.' Tell me, is there still blood under this monk's skin? Tiantong cannot help but apply moxibustion right on top of a red scar. The verse says: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.12) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.14) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.2.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.2.13) · Pramāṇa