[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) › 5.24 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.24 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.24) 舉。進山主問脩山主云。明知生不生性。為甚麼。為生之所留（照故捩鼻木）脩云。筍畢竟成竹去。如今作篾使還得麼（鼻孔在他人手裏）進云。汝向後自悟去在（大小厭良為賤）脩云。某甲只如此。上座意旨如何（刺頭向人懷裏）進云。這箇是監院房。那箇是典座房（打得毬子別處去）脩便禮拜（且作好心相待）。 > Case: Temple Director Jin asked Temple Director Xiu, 'Clearly knowing that birth is the unborn nature, why is one detained by birth?' (Illuminating the old nose-twisting wood). > Xiu said, 'A bamboo shoot will ultimately become bamboo; can it be used right now to make bamboo strips?' (His nostrils are in someone else's hands). > Jin said, 'In the future you will awaken on your own!' (Great or small, disliking the good and making it base). > Xiu said, 'I am just like this; what is the Senior Monk's purport?' (Sticking his head into someone's bosom). > Jin said, 'This is the Prior's room; that is the Chief Cook's room.' (Hitting the ball to another place). > Xiu then made prostrations (Treating him with good intentions for the time being). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.23) - [Next: 5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.25) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.5.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.24) · Pramāṇa