[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) › 6.85 # 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 6.85 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 6.85 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.85) 師云。天童仁義。先于貧處斷。世情偏向有錢家。萬松道。門庭施設。不如九峯。入理深談。猶較座元百步。勝默和尚作。祖庭詠史詩。元座徒亡一炷煙。九峯不是抑高賢。若將一色為承紹。辜負先師不借緣。石霜示眾有云。未甞忘照。猶為外紹為臣種。亦曰借。若誕生。絲毫不隔。如王子生下。則能紹大位。謂之內紹。名王種。名句不借也。借則一色邊事耳。不得已。應機利生為挾帶。點額飛龍。亦禹門化魚之事。亦周易乾卦。九五飛龍在天。得位之象。豈比月巢鶴夢。雪屋人迷者哉。還識石霜傳九峯處麼。摘破香囊薰大國。撥開天竅吼真風。 > The Master said: Tiantong's benevolence and righteousness are first judged at the place of poverty; worldly sentiments incline toward wealthy families. Wansong says: In setting up a gate and courtyard, he was not as good as Jiufeng; but in profound talk entering into principle, he was still a hundred paces ahead of the head monk. Venerable Shengmo composed a poem on history in the Ancestral Hall: / "The former head monk died in vain amid a single wisp of smoke; / Jiufeng was not depressing an eminent worthy. / If one takes the one color as the succession, / one fails the late master's condition of not borrowing." / Shishuang instructed the assembly, saying: "Not having yet forgotten illumination is still external succession, being of the minister's seed; it is also called 'borrowing.' If there is birth, without the slightest separation, like a prince being born, then one can succeed to the great throne; this is called 'internal succession,' named the 'king's seed.' Name and phrase are 'not borrowing.' Borrowing is merely the matter on the side of the one color. When unavoidable, responding to faculties and benefiting beings is 'carrying along.'" Branding the forehead and the flying dragon also refer to the fish transforming at Yu's Gate, and also to the Nine in the Fifth Place of the Qian hexagram in the Book of Changes: 'A flying dragon in the heavens,' an image of attaining the position. How could this be compared to the crane's dream in the moonlit nest or the person bewildered in the snowhouse? Do you still recognize the place where Shishuang transmitted to Jiufeng? Plucking open the perfume sachet, it scents the great realm; poking open the celestial aperture, the true wind roars. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.84) - [Next: 6.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.86) - [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.6.85) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2004.6.85) · Pramāṇa