[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) › 12.18 # 景德傳燈錄 12.18 景德傳燈錄 12.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.18) 仰山南塔光涌禪師。僧問。文殊是七佛師。文殊有師否。師云。遇緣即有。曰如何是文殊師。師竪拂子示之。僧曰。莫遮箇是麼。師放下拂子又手。問如何是妙用一句。師曰。水到渠成。問真佛住在何處。師曰。言下無相也不在別處。 > Chan Master Guangyong of Nanta on Mount Yang. A monk asked, 'Mañjuśrī is the teacher of the seven Buddhas. Does Mañjuśrī have a teacher?' The master said, 'Encountering conditions, he has one.' The monk said, 'What is Mañjuśrī's teacher?' The master held up his fly-whisk to show him. The monk said, 'Could this be it?' The master lowered the fly-whisk and clasped his hands. \[A monk\] asked, 'What is the phrase of wonderful function?' The master said, 'When the water arrives, the channel is formed.' \[A monk\] asked, 'Where does the true Buddha dwell?' The master said, 'Beyond words there is no mark, nor is it in any other place.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.17) - [Next: 12.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.19) - [Up: 12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.12.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.18) · Pramāṇa