[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) › 6.40 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 6.40 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 6.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.40) 舉。洞山示眾云。秋初夏末兄弟。或東或西。直須向萬里無寸草處去（唆猫入枯井）又云。只如萬里無寸草處。作麼生去（一言既發駟馬難追）石霜云。出門便是草（自看脚下）大陽云。直道。不出門亦是草漫漫地（沒爾廻避處）。 > Case: Dongshan instructed the assembly, saying: "Brethren, at the beginning of autumn and the end of summer, whether heading east or west, you must go directly to a place where there is not an inch of grass for ten thousand miles." (Instigating a cat into a dry well.) He also said: "Just as for a place where there is not an inch of grass for ten thousand miles, how do you go?" (Once a word is spoken, a team of four horses cannot overtake it.) Shishuang said: "Stepping out the door, it is grass." (Look beneath your own feet.) Dayang said: "I would say directly: even without stepping out the door, grass is everywhere overflowing." (You have nowhere to avoid it.) > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.39) - [Next: 6.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.41) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004~en-mt.6.40) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (3) - [宏智禪師廣錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2001.2.183) — Classical Chinese - [筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986a.1.52) — Classical Chinese - [瑞州洞山良价禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1986b.1.66) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.40) · Pramāṇa