[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) › 19.38 # 景德傳燈錄 19.38 景德傳燈錄 19.38 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.19.38) 益州普通山普明大師。問如何是佛性。師曰。汝無佛性。曰蠢動含靈皆有佛性。學人為何却無。師曰。為汝向外求。問如何是玄玄之珠。師曰。遮箇不是。曰如何是玄玄珠。曰失却也。 > Great Master Puming of Mount Putong in Yizhou. \[A monk\] asked, "What is Buddha-nature?" > The Master said, "You have no Buddha-nature." > The monk said, "All wriggling and fluttering sentient beings have Buddha-nature; why does the student instead have none?" > The Master said, "Because you seek outside." > \[A monk\] asked, "What is the pearl of profoundest profundity?" > The Master said, "This is not it." > The monk said, "What is the pearl of profoundest profundity?" > The Master said, "Lost!" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.19.37) - [Next: 19.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.19.39) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.19.38) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.19.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.19.38) · Pramāṇa