[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) › 4.9 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.9 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 4.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.9) 師云。天童道。由一竅虛通。便得八面櫺櫳也。且如柳塘花塢暖日和風。春在何處。作何形段。然能應物乘時不留不礙。如月當天任運而轉。知。通身遍身。背手摸枕底是甚麼人。傀儡棚中。必有抽牽線索者。楞嚴說八萬四千清淨寶目。八萬四千姥陀羅臂。八萬四千爍迦羅首。興化墮馬折臂頌云。大悲菩薩有千手。大丈夫兒誰不有。且道。那箇是通身底手眼。師以手擘眼云。猫。 > The Master said: Tiantong says that through one aperture being open and clear, all eight directions are latticed and luminous. Consider, for instance, a willow-lined pond, a flower-covered bank, the warm sun, and the gentle breeze: where is spring? What shape and form does it take? Yet it is able to respond to things and take advantage of the season without lingering or obstruction, just like the moon in the sky revolving at will. Know, then: who is it that, 'throughout the body' and 'all over the body', reaches behind the back to feel for the pillow? Inside the puppet booth, there must be someone pulling the strings. The Śūraṅgama\[-sūtra\] speaks of eighty-four thousand pure, precious eyes, eighty-four thousand mudrā arms, and eighty-four thousand vajra heads. Xinghua's verse upon falling from a horse and breaking his arm says: 'The Bodhisattva of Great Compassion has a thousand hands; / What real man does not have them?' Now tell me: which are the hands and eyes of the entire body? The Master pulled his eyes open with his hands and said: 'Meow!' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.8) - [Next: 4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.10) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.4.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.4.9) · Pramāṇa