[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) › 3.121 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.121 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.121 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.121) 舉。曹山問德尚座。佛真法身猶若虛空（官不容針）應物現形如水中月（私通車馬）作麼生說箇應底道理（叉手近前云喏）德云。如驢覻井（落花有意隨流水）山云。道即大曬道只道得八成（欲窮千里目）德云。和尚又如何（更上一層樓）山云。如井覻驢（流水無心送落花）。 > Case: Caoshan asked Elder De, "The Buddha's true dharmakāya is like empty space;(Officially, not even a needle is admitted.) > It manifests forms in response to things like the moon in the water.(Privately, carts and horses may pass.) > How do you explain the principle of responding?"(Clasping his hands and stepping forward, he says, "Yes.") > De said, "Like a donkey peering into a well."(Falling flowers intentionally follow the flowing stream.) > Shan said, "You have indeed said a great deal, but you have only said eighty percent."(Wishing to exhaust the view of a thousand leagues,) > De said, "What about the Venerable?"(One climbs another flight of stairs.) > Shan said, "Like a well peering at a donkey."(The flowing stream has no mind to escort the falling flowers.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.120) - [Next: 3.122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.122) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.3.121) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.121) · Pramāṇa