[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) › [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037) › 1.444 # 釋氏稽古略 1.444 釋氏稽古略 1.444 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.444](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.444) 十六祖羅睺羅多大士　迦毘羅國人也。行化至室羅筏城。謂徒眾曰。此有聖者當紹祖位。至金水河於石窟。見僧伽難提安坐入定。伺之三七日。方從定起。祖問曰。汝身定耶心定耶。提曰。身心俱定。祖曰。身心俱定何有出入。提曰。雖有出入不失定相。知金在井金體常寂。祖曰。若金在井若金出井。金無動靜何物出入。提曰。言金動靜何物出入。言金出入金非動靜。祖曰。若金在井出者何金。若金出井在者何物。往返徵詰。難提豁然即求度脫。祖以右手擎金鉢。舉至梵宮。取彼香飯。大眾有郤。即命難提分座同食。眾復疑之。意其師弟子混而無品。祖知之曰。汝不得食皆由此故。今與吾分座之者。乃過去娑羅王如來也。應物而降跡耳。難提知眾有慢。乃曰。佛滅度後人無至信。正念輕微不信真如。唯愛神力。言訖以右手漸展入地。至金剛輪際。取其露水。以琉璃器持至會所。大眾見之即生欽慕悔過作禮。於是祖命僧伽難提而付法眼。偈曰。於法實無證。不取亦不離。法非有無相。內外云何起。付法已安坐歸寂。四眾建塔。以閟全身。當此前漢武帝之世也（正宗記）。 > The Sixteenth Patriarch, the Great Being Rāhulata: A native of Kapilavastu. Traveling to teach and convert, he arrived at the city of Śrāvastī and said to the assembly of disciples: "Here there is a holy one who shall succeed to the Patriarchal seat." Coming to the Jinshui River at a rock cavern, he saw Saṅghanandi seated peacefully in absorption. He waited for him for three weeks (twenty-one days) before he finally arose from absorption. The Patriarch asked, "Is your body in absorption, or is your mind in absorption?" Nandi replied, "Body and mind are both in absorption." The Patriarch asked, "If body and mind are both in absorption, how can there be any entering or leaving?" Nandi replied, "Although there is entering and leaving, the characteristic of absorption is not lost. Know that when gold is in a well, the substance of the gold is ever still." The Patriarch said, "If gold is in a well, or if gold comes out of the well, the gold has neither movement nor stillness; what thing enters or leaves?" Nandi said, "Speaking of the gold's movement or stillness, what thing enters or leaves? Speaking of the gold's entering or leaving, the gold is neither movement nor stillness." The Patriarch said, "If the gold is in the well, what gold is it that comes out? If the gold comes out of the well, what thing remains?" With these questions and answers pressed back and forth, Nandi had a sudden awakening and immediately sought deliverance. The Patriarch lifted a golden bowl with his right hand up to the Brahmā palace and fetched fragrant rice from there. When the great assembly had qualms, he immediately bade Nandi share his seat and eat together with him. The assembly doubted again, suspecting that master and disciple were improperly mixed together without distinction of rank. The Patriarch knew this and said, "That you cannot eat is entirely due to this. The one who shares my seat today is none other than the past Tathāgata Sālarāja, who has manifested his traces in response to beings." Nandi, knowing that the assembly held arrogant views, said, "After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, people lack ultimate faith; right mindfulness is slight and weak, and they do not believe in tathatā, loving only supernormal powers." Having spoken, he extended his right hand gradually into the earth down to the limit of the vajra-wheel, took dew-water from there, and brought it back in a lapis lazuli vessel to the assembly. Seeing this, the great assembly gave rise to reverence and admiration, repented their errors, and made obeisance. Thereupon, the Patriarch bade Saṅghanandi receive the Dharma Eye, presenting a verse: / 'In phenomena there is truly nothing to realise; / Do not grasp, nor do not depart. / Phenomena have neither the mark of being nor non-being; / How could inner and outer arise?' / Having transmitted the Dharma, he sat peacefully and entered extinction. The fourfold assembly built a stupa to entomb his whole body. This was during the time of Emperor Wu of the Former Han (Zhengzong ji). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.443](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.443) - [Next: 1.445](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.445) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037~en-mt.1.444) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (5) - [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.97.25) — Classical Chinese - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.4.81) — Classical Chinese - [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.10) — Classical Chinese - [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.35) — Classical Chinese - [傳法正宗定祖圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.36) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.444](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.444) · Pramāṇa