[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) › 15.16 # 景德傳燈錄 15.16 景德傳燈錄 15.16 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.16) 潭州漸源仲興禪師在道吾處為典座。一日隨道吾往檀越家弔喪。師以手拊棺曰。生耶死耶。道吾曰。生也不道死也不道。師曰。為什麼不道。道吾曰。不道不道。弔畢同迴途次。師曰。和尚今日須與仲興道。儻更不道即打去也。道吾曰。打即任打。生也不道死也不道。師遂打道吾數拳。道吾歸院令師且去。少間主事知了打汝。師乃禮辭往石霜。舉前語及打道吾之事。今請和尚道。石霜曰。汝不見道吾道。生也不道死也不道。師於此大悟乃設齋懺悔。師一日將鍬子於法堂上。石霜曰。作麼。師曰。覓先師靈骨來。石霜曰。洪波浩渺白浪滔天覓什麼靈骨。師曰。正好著力。石霜曰。遮裏針劄不入著什麼力（太原孚上座代云。先師靈骨猶存） > Chan Master Jianyuan Zhongxing of Tanzhou was the monastery cook at Daowu's place. One day, he accompanied Daowu to a patron's house to offer condolences. The Master tapped the coffin with his hand and said, "Is it alive or dead?" Daowu said, "I won't say alive, and I won't say dead." The Master said, "Why won't you say?" Daowu said, "I won't say! I won't say!" After finishing the condolences, while on the way back together, the Master said, "Upādhyāya, today you must tell Zhongxing. If you still don't tell me, I will hit you!" Daowu said, "Hit me if you like, but I won't say alive, and I won't say dead." The Master then struck Daowu several punches. When Daowu returned to the cloister, he told the Master to leave for a while, \[saying\], "Shortly, when the monastery directors find out, they will beat you." The Master then bowed, took his leave, and went to Shishuang. He related the previous words and the incident of striking Daowu, \[saying\], "Now I ask the upādhyāya to speak." Shishuang said, "Haven't you seen Daowu saying: 'I won't say alive, and I won't say dead'?" At this, the Master was greatly enlightened, and he set out a feast to repent. One day, the Master took a spade into the Dharma hall. Shishuang said, "What are you doing?" The Master said, "I have come seeking the deceased master's sacred relics." Shishuang said, "The vast waves are billowy, and the white breakers surge to heaven—what sacred relics are you looking for?" The Master said, "This is precisely the right time to apply effort." Shishuang said, "Here, even a needle cannot enter; what effort can you apply?" (Sthavira Fu of Taiyuan said in his stead: "The deceased master's sacred relics still exist.") > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.15) - [Next: 15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.17) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.15.16) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.16) · Pramāṇa