[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) › 3.55 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.55 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 3.55 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.55) 舉。洛浦臨終示眾云。今有一事。問爾諸人。（猶自說兵機）這箇若是即頭上安頭（恁麼也不得）若不是即斬頭覓活（不恁麼也不得）時首座云。青山常舉足。白日不挑燈（語得分明出轉難）浦云。是甚麼時節。作這箇說話（失錢遭罪）有彥從上座。出云。去此二途。請師不問（易開終始口難保歲寒心）浦云。未在更道（詩到重吟始見功）從云。某甲道不盡（不教人見轉風流）浦云。我不管爾道盡道不盡（放沒底未不得不休）從云。某甲無侍者祇對和尚（影草隨身）至晚喚從上座。爾今日祇對甚有來由（只管習粘頭）合體得先師道。目前無法。意在目前（斫却月中桂清光應更多）他不是目前法。非耳目之所到（月落來相見）那句是賓那句是主（切忌話作兩橛）若揀得出。分付鉢袋子（把棒喚狗）從云。不會（正合分付）浦云。汝合會（將成九仞之山）從云。實不會（不進一簣之土）浦喝云。苦哉苦哉（賺殺一舡人）僧問。和尚尊意如何（失火處拾膚炭）浦云。慈舟不棹清波上。劍峽徒勞放木鵝（弄巧成拙）。 > Case: When Luopu was about to pass away, he instructed the assembly, saying, "Now there is one matter to ask all of you: (Still speaking of military strategy.) If this is 'it', then it is putting a head on top of a head; (Like this will not do.) if it is not 'it', then it is cutting off the head to seek life." (Not like this will not do either.) At the time, the head monk said, "The green mountains are constantly lifting their feet; the bright sun does not trim its wick." (Speaking so clearly makes emergence even harder.) Luopu said, "What time and season is this to make such speech?" (Losing money and incurring punishment.) There was a Senior Monk Yancong who came forward and said, "Leaving aside these two paths, I ask the Master not to question." (Easy to open the mouth from start to finish; hard to keep a heart through the winter's cold.) Luopu said, "Not yet; speak further!" (Only when a poem is chanted again is its merit seen.) Cong said, "I cannot speak it fully." (Not letting people see makes it all the more charming.) Luopu said, "I do not care whether you speak it fully or not!" (Sinking to the bottom without reaching it; unable to stop.) Cong said, "I have no attendant to answer the Venerable." (The shadow grass follows the body.) That evening, he called Senior Monk Cong: "Your reply today had great origin. (Just practicing sticking to the head.) You properly embodied what the late master said: 'Before the eyes there are no phenomena; the intention is before the eyes. (Chop down the cassia in the moon, and the clear light should be even greater.) That is not a phenomenon before the eyes, nor is it reached by ear and eye.' (When the moon sets, come meet.) Which phrase is the guest, and which phrase is the host? (Strictly avoid cutting the talk into two halves.) If you can pick them out, I will entrust the bowl bag to you." (Holding a staff to call a dog.) Cong said, "I do not understand." (Just right to entrust it to him.) Luopu said, "You ought to understand." (About to complete a mountain of nine fathoms.) Cong said, "Truly, I do not understand." (Failing to add the final basket of earth.) Luopu shouted and said, "How bitter! How bitter!" (Misleading a whole boat of people to death.) A monk asked, "What was the Venerable's venerable intention?" (Gathering cool charcoal where the fire was lost.) Luopu said, "The compassionate boat does not row upon clear waves; in the Sword Gorges, it is futile to release wooden geese." (Trying to be clever only results in clumsy failure.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.54) - [Next: 3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.56) - [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.3.55) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.87) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.3.55) · Pramāṇa