[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) › [大明高僧傳](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062) › 6.25 # 大明高僧傳 6.25 大明高僧傳 6.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.25) 系曰。凡為人師者須具二種法方堪坐曲彔床。一先明己眼。二鑒機病源。若己則未明。自尚拕枷帶鎖。胡能為人解粘去縛。不識病源未免傭醜殺人之陋。所以久依爐鞴不能脫胎成器者。非學人之罪也。為學者亦須具二種法。方可驗天下善知識舌頭。一不自知足。二死後復甦。若易知足必以魚目為珠。若不死後再甦。則生死命根不斷。所以久入選佛場不能心空及第者。非宗匠之罪也。是故妙喜一生不自肯。晚登川勤之室直階華嚴七地。不其然乎。今晦庵以滑稽參禪。未曾大死一番。苟非妙喜屠龍之手。而不珍魚目者幾希。故遭振威一喝。直下喪身失命。便能對眾作蟭螟蟲大吼。豈不快哉。嗚呼世之靈利漢靡不坐晦庵膏肓之疾。如狂子失心而不可療者多矣曾未服醫父起死之劑。且急欲為人指迷。不亦謬乎。 > An appraisal says: Whoever serves as a teacher of others must possess two kinds of methods to be fit to sit in the curved-wood chair: first, to clarify one’s own eye beforehand; second, to perceive the student’s capacity and the source of their illness. If one is not yet clear in oneself, still dragging a cangue and wearing fetters, how can one untie bonds and remove fetters for others? If one does not recognize the source of illness, one cannot avoid the vulgar disgrace of a clumsy hireling who kills people. Therefore, that some rely on the forge and bellows for a long time yet cannot shed the womb to become a vessel is not the fault of the student. Those who are students must also possess two kinds of methods to be able to test the tongues of the world's good spiritual friends: first, not being self-satisfied; second, reviving after dying. If one is easily satisfied, one will surely take fish eyes for pearls. If one does not revive after dying, the life-root of birth and death will not be severed. Therefore, that some enter the buddha-selection hall for a long time yet cannot empty the mind and pass the examination is not the fault of the lineage master. For this reason, Miàoxǐ was not self-approving throughout his life; in his later years he ascended the room of Chuānqín and stepped straight onto the seventh stage of the Huāyán—was this not so? Now Huì’ān investigated Chan with glib cleverness and had never had a great death once; were it not for Miàoxǐ’s dragon-slaying hand, rare would it be that he did not treasure fish eyes. Thus, meeting with that shout of shaken might, he lost his life right then and there, and was then able to roar like the midge before the assembly. How delightful! Alas, the sharp fellows of the world mostly suffer from Huì’ān’s incurable sickness; like madmen who have lost their minds and cannot be cured, they are many! Having never taken the doctor-father's medicine that revives the dead, they are moreover eager to point out delusion for others—is this not an error? > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 6.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.24) - [Next: 6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.26) - [Up: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062~en-mt.6.25) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2062.6.25) · Pramāṇa