[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) › [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076) › 10.8 # 景德傳燈錄 10.8 景德傳燈錄 10.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.10.8) 有秀才看佛名經問曰。百千諸佛但見其名。未審居何國土還化物也無。師曰。黃鶴樓崔顥題後秀才還曾題未。曰未曾。師曰。得閑題一篇何妨。僧問。南泉遷化向什麼處去。師云。東家作驢西家作馬。僧云。此意如何。師云。要騎即騎要下即下。僧皓月問。天下善知識證三德涅槃未。師曰。大德問果上涅槃因中涅槃。曰問果上涅槃。師曰。天下善知識未證。曰為什麼未證。師曰。功未齊於諸聖。曰功未齊聖何為善知識。師曰。明見佛性亦得名為善知識。曰未審功齊何道名證大涅槃。師有偈曰。 > A scholar viewing the Scripture of Buddha Names asked, "Among the hundreds of thousands of Buddhas, one sees only their names; I wonder what lands they reside in, and do they also transform sentient beings or not?" > The Master said, "After Cui Hao composed his poem at the Yellow Crane Tower, did you, scholar, ever compose one?" > He replied, "Never." > The Master said, "When you have leisure, what harm is there in composing one?" > A monk asked, "Where did Nanquan go upon his passing?" > The Master said, "To the house in the east to be a donkey; to the house in the west to be a horse." > The monk said, "What is the meaning of this?" > The Master said, "If one wants to ride, one rides; if one wants to dismount, one dismounts." > The monk Haoyue asked, "Have the kalyāṇamitras of the world realized the three-virtue nirvāṇa or not?" > The Master said, "Does the Venerable ask about nirvāṇa as the fruit, or nirvāṇa in the cause?" > He replied, "I ask about nirvāṇa as the fruit." > The Master said, "The kalyāṇamitras of the world have not realized it." > He asked, "Why have they not realized it?" > The Master said, "Their merit is not equal to that of all the sages." > He said, "If their merit is not equal to that of the sages, why are they kalyāṇamitras?" > The Master said, "Clearly seeing the Buddha-nature may also be named being a kalyāṇamitra." > He said, "I wonder, when merit is equal to what path is it called realizing great nirvāṇa?" > The Master gave a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.10.7) - [Next: 10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.10.9) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.10.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.10.8) · Pramāṇa