[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) › [人天眼目](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006) › 2.120 # 人天眼目 2.120 人天眼目 2.120 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2.120) 南禪師問隆慶閑禪師云。人人有箇生緣。上座生緣在什麼處。閑云。早晨喫白粥。至晚又覺饑。又問。我手何似佛手。閑云。月下弄琵琶。又問。我脚何似驢脚。閑云。鷺鷥立雪非同色。黃龍每以此三轉語。垂問學者。多不契其旨。而南州居士潘興嗣延之。常問其故。龍云。已過關者。掉臂徑去。安知有關吏。從關吏問可否。此未過關者。復自頌云。 > Chan Master Nan asked Chan Master Xian of Longqing: 'Everyone has a native place of birth. Where is your native place of birth, Elder?' Xian said: 'In the morning I eat plain congee; by evening I feel hungry again.' Nan asked again: 'How is my hand like a Buddha's hand?' Xian said: 'Playing the pipa beneath the moon.' Nan asked again: 'How is my foot like a donkey's foot?' Xian said: 'An egret standing in the snow is not the same color.' Huanglong constantly used these three turning words to question students, yet most failed to accord with his intent. Layman Pan Xingsi, Yanzhi of Nanzhou, once asked him the reason. Huanglong said: 'Those who have already passed the checkpoint swing their arms and walk straight on; how would they know there is a checkpoint guard? To ask the checkpoint guard whether it is permissible or not—these are the ones who have not yet passed the checkpoint.' He then composed his own verses: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2.119) - [Next: 2.121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2.121) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006~en-mt.2.120) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2.120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2006.2.120) · Pramāṇa