[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) › 12.9 # 景德傳燈錄 12.9 景德傳燈錄 12.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.9) 福州烏石山靈觀禪師（住本山薛老峯。亦云丁墓山。時稱老觀和尚）尋常扃戶人罕見之。唯一信士每至食時送供方開。一日雪峯伺便扣門。師出開門。雪峯驀胸搊住云。是凡是聖。師唾云。遮野狐精。便推出閉却門。雪峯云。也只要識老兄。師因剗草次問僧。汝何處去。云西院禮拜安和尚去。時竹上有一青蛇子。師指蛇云。欲識西院老野狐精。只遮便是。師一日問西院安和尚。此一片地堪著什麼物。安云。好著箇無相佛。師云。好片地被兄放不淨。師一日引水次有僧來參。師以引水橫抽示之。其僧便去。師至暮問小師。適來僧在何處。小師云。發去也。師云。只得一橛（玄覺云。什麼處是少一橛）問如何是佛。師出舌示之。其僧禮謝。師云。住住爾見什麼便禮拜。僧云。謝和尚慈悲出舌相示。師云。老漢近日舌上生瘡。有僧到敲門。行者開門後便出去。其僧入禮拜問。如何是西來意。師云。適來出去者是什麼人。僧擬近前。師便托出閉却門。曹山行脚時問。如何是毘盧師法身主。師云。我若向爾道即別有也。曹山舉似洞山。洞山云。好箇話頭只欠進語。何不更去問為什麼不道。曹山乃却來進前語。師云。若言我不道。即啞却我口。若言我道。即謇却我舌。曹山歸舉示洞山。洞山深肯之。 > Chan Master Lingguan of Mount Wushi in Fuzhou (who resided at Xue Lao Peak on that mountain, also called Mount Dingmu; at that time he was called Upādhyāya Lao Guan) customarily bolted his door and was rarely seen by people. Only one lay believer would arrive at each mealtime to deliver offerings, whereupon he would open it. One day, Xuefeng watched for an opportunity and knocked on the door. The Master came out and opened the door. Xuefeng grabbed him by the chest and said, "Is it ordinary or holy?" The Master spat and said, "This wild fox spirit!" and pushed him out and shut the door. Xuefeng said, "I only wanted to know you, elder brother." Once, as the Master was weeding grass, he asked a monk, "Where are you going?" The monk said, "Going to West Courtyard to pay respects to Upādhyāya An." At that time there was a small green snake on a bamboo stalk. The Master pointed to the snake and said, "If you wish to know that old wild fox spirit of West Courtyard, just this is it." One day the Master asked Upādhyāya An of West Courtyard, "What is this plot of ground fit to have placed on it?" An said, "It is good to place a formless Buddha on it." The Master said, "A good plot of ground has been defiled with filth by you, elder brother." One day, while the Master was drawing water, a monk came to pay respects. The Master demonstrated by pulling the water-drawing pole across. The monk then left. At dusk, the Master asked his novice, "Where is that monk who came earlier?" The novice said, "He departed." The Master said, "He only obtained half a piece." (Xuanjue said, "Where was he lacking half a piece?") A monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The Master stuck out his tongue and showed it to him. The monk bowed in thanks. The Master said, "Stop, stop! What did you see that makes you bow?" The monk said, "I thank the Upādhyāya for his compassion in showing the characteristic of sticking out his tongue." The Master said, "Lately this old fellow has sores on his tongue." A monk arrived and knocked on the door. After the attendant opened the door, he went out. The monk entered, bowed, and asked, "What is the meaning of the \[Patriarch's\] coming from the West?" The Master said, "What person was that who just went out?" The monk was about to step forward, but the Master pushed him out and closed the door. When Caoshan was on pilgrimage, he asked, "What is the master of Vairocana and the lord of the Dharma body?" The Master said, "If I were to tell you, it would be another thing altogether." Caoshan brought this up with Dongshan. Dongshan said, "A fine topic of dialogue, but it lacks follow-up words. Why not go back and ask, 'Why do you not speak?'" Caoshan then returned and advanced with those words. The Master said, "If you say I do not speak, that mutes my mouth. If you say I do speak, that stammers my tongue." Caoshan returned and brought this up to Dongshan, who deeply approved of it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.8) - [Next: 12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.10) - [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.12.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.12.9) · Pramāṇa