[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) › [禪林寶訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022) › 2.8 # 禪林寶訓 2.8 禪林寶訓 2.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.2.8) 湛堂謂妙喜曰。像季比丘外多狥物內不明心。縱有弘為皆非究竟。蓋所附卑猥而使然。如搏牛之虻飛止數步。若附驥尾便有追風逐日之能。乃依托之勝也。是故學者居必擇處遊必就士。遂能絕邪僻近中正聞正言也。昔福嚴雅和尚。每愛真如喆標致可尚。但未知所附者何人。一日見與大寧寬蔣山元翠巖真偕行。雅喜不自勝。從容謂喆曰。諸大士法門龍象。子得從之遊。異日支吾道之傾頹。彰祖教之利濟。固不在予多囑也（日涉記）。 > Zhantang said to Miaoxi: 'In the semblance age, bhikṣus mostly comply with external things on the outside and fail to illumine their minds within. Even if they accomplish grand undertakings, none are ultimate. This is because what they attach themselves to is base and vulgar. A horsefly that strikes an ox can fly only a few paces; but if it clings to the tail of a thoroughbred, it immediately acquires the power to chase the wind and pursue the sun. This is the excellence of what it relies upon. For this reason, a student must choose their dwelling carefully and associate only with worthy scholars; thus they will be able to cut off the crooked and depraved, draw near to the central and upright, and hear correct speech. In the past, the Venerable Ya of Fuyan always admired Zhenru Zhe's exemplary character as worthy of esteem, but did not yet know whom he associated with. One day, seeing him walking together with Daning Kuan, Jiangshan Yuan, and Cuiyan Zhen, Ya was overjoyed beyond measure. Calmly he said to Zhe: "These great beings are dragons and elephants of the Dharma gate. Now that you are able to travel in their company, in the future you will support the collapsing pillars of our Way and manifest the salvific benefit of the ancestral teachings; it surely does not require many admonitions from me."' (\*Rishe ji\*). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.2.7) - [Next: 2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.2.9) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022~en-mt.2.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2022.2.8) · Pramāṇa