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# 景德傳燈錄 20.35

景德傳燈錄 20.35

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [20.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20.35)

蜀川西禪和尚。問佛是摩耶降。未審和尚是誰家子。師曰。水上卓紅旗。問三十六路阿那箇一路最妙。師曰。不出第一手。曰忽被出頭時如何。師曰。脊著地也不難。

> The Upādhyāya of Xichan in Shuchuan. \[A monk\] asked, "The Buddha was born of Māyā; I wonder whose son the Upādhyāya is?"  
> The Master said, "Planting a red flag upon the water."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "Among the thirty-six maneuvers, which one is the most wonderful?"  
> The Master said, "Not bringing forth the primary move."  
> \[The monk\] said, "What if it is suddenly brought forth?"  
> The Master said, "Having one's back hit the ground is not difficult either."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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