[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) › 15.17 # 景德傳燈錄 15.17 景德傳燈錄 15.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.17) 祿清和尚僧問。不落道吾機請師道。師云。庭前紅莧樹生葉不生華。良久云。會麼。僧云。不會。師云。正是道吾機因什麼不會。僧禮拜。師便打云。須是老僧打爾始得。 > Upādhyāya Luqing. A monk asked, "Without falling into Daowu's mechanism, please speak, Master." The Master said, "The red amaranth in front of the courtyard produces leaves but does not produce flowers." After a long pause, he said, "Do you understand?" The monk said, "I do not understand." The Master said, "This is precisely Daowu's mechanism; why don't you understand?" The monk bowed. The Master struck him and said, "It requires this old monk to hit you before you get it!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.16) - [Next: 15.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.18) - [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.15.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.15.17) · Pramāṇa