[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) › 16.44 # 景德傳燈錄 16.44 景德傳燈錄 16.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.16.44) 嘉州白水寺和尚。僧問。如何是西來意。師曰。四溟無窟宅一滴潤乾坤。問曹溪一路合譚何事。師曰。㵎松千載鶴來聚。月中香桂鳳皇歸。 > The Upādhyāya of Baishui Temple in Jiazhou. A monk asked, "What is the meaning of \[the ancestral master's\] coming from the West?" The Master said, "The four seas have no cave or dwelling; a single drop moistens heaven and earth." He asked, "What matter should appropriately be discussed on the single path of Caoxi?" The Master said, "In the thousand-year pine by the stream, cranes gather; amidst the fragrant cassia in the moon, the phoenix returns." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.16.43) - [Next: 16.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.16.45) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.16.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.16.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.16.44) · Pramāṇa