[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) › 5.36 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.36 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 5.36 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.36) 舉。仰山問中邑。如何是佛性義（這箇座主却堪持論）邑云。我與爾說箇譬喻（宜假不宜真）如室有六窓中。安一獼猴（還肯寧息麼）外有人喚云狌狌。獼猴即應（再來不直半文）如是六窓俱喚俱應（只要檀郎認得聲）仰云。只如獼猴睡時。又作麼生（莫寐語）邑乃下禪床把住云（覺來也未）狌狌我與爾相見（何不早恁麼道）。 > Case: Yangshan asked Zhongyi, "What is the meaning of Buddha-nature?" (This lecturing master is indeed capable of debate.) Zhongyi said, "I will tell you an analogy: (Fit for the provisional, not the real.) it is like a room with six windows, with a monkey placed inside. (Will it agree to be quiet?) Outside, someone calls, 'Xingxing!' and the monkey immediately responds. (Coming again, it's not worth half a coin.) In this way, across all six windows, wherever called, it responds." (One only needs the sweetheart to recognize the voice.) Yangshan said, "Just when the monkey is asleep, how is it then?" (Do not speak sleep-talk.) Zhongyi thereupon stepped down from the meditation bench, took hold of him, and said, (Has he awakened or not?) "Xingxing, you and I meet face to face!" (Why didn't you say so earlier?) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.35) - [Next: 5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.37) - [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.5.36) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.149) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.5.36) · Pramāṇa