[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) › 17.17 # 景德傳燈錄 17.17 景德傳燈錄 17.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.17.17) 洛京白馬遁儒禪師。問如何是衲僧本分事。師曰。十道不通風啞子傳遠信。曰傳什麼信。師乃合掌頂戴。問如何是密室中人。師曰。才生不可得不貴未生時。曰是箇什麼不貴未生時。師曰。是汝阿爺。問三千里外嚮白馬。及乎到來為什麼不見。師曰。是汝不見干老僧什麼事。曰請和尚指示。師曰。指即勿交涉。問如何是學人本分事。師曰。昨夜三更日正午。問如何是法身向上事。師曰。井底蝦蟇吞却月（僧問黃龍。如何是井底蝦蟇吞却月。黃龍云。不奈何。僧云。恁即吞却去也。黃龍云。一任吞。僧云。吞後如何。黃龍云。好蝦蟇）問如何是學人急切處。師曰。俊鳥猶嫌鈍瞥然早已遲。問如何是西來意。師曰。點額猢猻探月波。 > Chan Master Dunru of Baima in the Eastern Capital of Luoyang. A monk asked: 'What is the monk's fundamental matter?' The master said: 'The wind does not pass through the ten directions; a mute delivers a distant letter.' The monk said: 'What letter does he deliver?' The master then joined his palms and raised them to his head. A monk asked: 'What is the person in the secret room?' The master said: 'Just born, he cannot be attained; not valued when unborn.' The monk said: 'What is this that is not valued when unborn?' The master said: 'It is your father.' A monk asked: 'Three thousand li away, I looked toward Baima. Yet when I arrived, why do I not see it?' The master said: 'It is you who do not see it; what business is that of this old monk?' The monk said: 'Please, upādhyāya, point it out.' The master said: 'If pointed out, there would be no relation.' A monk asked: 'What is the student's fundamental matter?' The master said: 'Last night at the third watch, the sun was at high noon.' A monk asked: 'What is the transcendental matter of the Dharma body?' The master said: 'The frog at the bottom of the well swallows the moon.' (A monk asked Huanglong: 'What is the frog at the bottom of the well swallowing the moon?' Huanglong said: 'Nothing can be done.' The monk said: 'If so, then it has swallowed it.' Huanglong said: 'Let it swallow.' The monk said: 'What about after it is swallowed?' Huanglong said: 'A fine frog!') A monk asked: 'What is the student's most urgent point?' The master said: 'Even an agile bird is deemed slow; in the blink of an eye it is already too late.' A monk asked: 'What is the meaning of \[the Patriarch's\] coming from the West?' The master said: 'A monkey with a mark on its forehead reaches for the moon in the waves.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 17.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.17.16) - [Next: 17.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.17.18) - [Up: 17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.17) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.17.17) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.17.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.17.17) · Pramāṇa