[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) › [緇門警訓](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023) › 9.42 # 緇門警訓 9.42 緇門警訓 9.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.9.42) 近代問話多招譏謗。蓋緣不知伸問致疑。咨請之意後生相承。多用祝贊順時語。並非宗乘中建立。如古人問。若為得出三界去。又問聲色如何透得。又問此間宗乘和尚如何言論。並是出眾當場決擇。近時兄弟進十轉五轉沒巴鼻語。或奉在座官員。或莊嚴修設檀信。俱不是衲僧家氣味。又抽身出眾便道數句。或時云。某甲則不恁麼道。又云。和尚何不道云云。夫問話者。激揚玄極也。不在多進語三兩轉而已。貴得生人信。不至流蕩取笑俗子也。 > Asking questions in recent times mostly attracts ridicule and slander. This is because they do not understand the intention behind raising a question, bringing forth doubt, and making an inquiry. The younger generation passes this down among themselves, mostly using words of felicitations and flattery conforming to the times; none of this is established within the ancestral vehicle. For example, ancients asked: 'How does one escape the traidhātuka?' They also asked: 'How does one penetrate sound and form?' And they asked: 'What are the upādhyāya's discourses regarding the ancestral vehicle here?' All of these were stepped forth from the assembly to resolve on the spot. Recently, brothers offer five or ten turns of words without handles, either flattering officials present in their seats or adorning and serving patrons and donors; none of this has the flavor of patch-robed monks. Moreover, they withdraw and step out from the assembly only to spout a few phrases, or at times say: 'I would not say so,' or say: 'Why does the upādhyāya not speak such and such?' Now, asking questions is meant to inspire and elevate the profound ultimate; it does not lie in advancing many words, but only two or three turns. What is prized is generating people's faith, not drifting into wantonness and inviting the laughter of worldly folks. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 9.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.9.41) - [Next: 9.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.9.43) - [Up: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.9) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023~en-mt.9.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.9.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2023.9.42) · Pramāṇa