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# 景德傳燈錄 20.39

景德傳燈錄 20.39

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [20.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20.39)

潭州報慈藏嶼匡化大師。僧問。心眼相見時如何。師曰。向汝道什麼。問如何是實見處。師曰。絲豪不隔。曰恁麼即見也。師曰。南泉甚好去處。問如何是西來意。師曰。昨夜三更送過江。問臨機便用時如何。師曰。海東有果樹頭心。問如何是真如佛性。師曰。阿誰無。問如何是向上一路。師曰。郴連道永。問。和尚年多少。師曰。秋來黃葉落春到便開花。師嘗著真贊曰。日出連山。月圓當戶。不是無身。不欲全露。一日師在帳內坐。僧問。承師有言。不是無身不欲全露。請師全露。師乃撥開帳（法眼別云。飽叢林）問如何是湖南境。師曰。樓船戰櫂。曰還許學人遊翫也無。師曰。一任闍梨打僜問和尚百年後。有人問如何秖對師曰。分明記取。問如何是龍牙山。師曰。益陽那邊。曰如何即是。師曰。不擬。曰如何是不擬去。師曰。恁麼即不是。問古人面壁意如何。師良久却喚某甲學人應諾。師曰。爾去別時來。師垂語曰。一句遍大地。一句才問便道。一句問亦不道。問如何是遍大地句。師曰。無空缺。如何是才問便道句。師曰。低聲低聲。如何是問亦不道句。師曰。便合知時。

> Master Baoci Cangyu Kuanghua of Tanzhou. A monk asked, "How is it when mind and eye meet each other?"  
> The Master said, "What can I say to you?"  
> \[The monk\] asked, "What is the place of true seeing?"  
> The Master said, "Not separated by the finest hair."  
> \[The monk\] said, "Then seeing is accomplished in this way!"  
> The Master said, "Nanquan is a very fine place to go."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "What is the meaning of the coming from the West?"  
> The Master said, "Sent across the river at the third watch last night."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "How is it when one uses it immediately upon confronting the moment?"  
> The Master said, "East of the sea, there is a fruit at the treetop's core."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "What is the tathatā Buddha-nature?"  
> The Master said, "Who is without it?"  
> \[A monk\] asked, "What is the transcendental path?"  
> The Master said, "The road through Chen and Lian is long."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "How old is the Upādhyāya?"  
> The Master said, "When autumn comes, yellow leaves fall; when spring arrives, flowers bloom."  
> The Master once composed a portrait eulogy, which said, "The sun rises over the continuous mountains; / The full moon faces the gate. / It is not that there is no body, / But that I do not wish to reveal it completely." One day the Master was sitting inside the curtain. A monk asked, "I receive the Master's words, 'It is not that there is no body, / But that I do not wish to reveal it completely.' I invite the Master to reveal it completely." The Master then pulled open the curtain. (Fayan said alternatively, "He has fully experienced the monasteries.") \[A monk\] asked, "What is the scenery of Hunan?"  
> The Master said, "Towered ships and war oars."  
> \[The monk\] said, "Do you still allow the student to sightsee?"  
> The Master said, "I let the ācārya wander at will." \[A monk\] asked, "After the Upādhyāya's hundred years, if someone asks, how should I answer?" The Master said, "Remember clearly." \[A monk\] asked, "What is Mount Longya?"  
> The Master said, "Over on the Yiyang side."  
> \[The monk\] said, "What would make it right?"  
> The Master said, "Do not formulate ideas."  
> \[The monk\] said, "How is it not formulating ideas?"  
> The Master said, "Like that, it is not it."  
> \[A monk\] asked, "What was the meaning of the ancient one facing the wall?"  
> The Master paused for a good while, then called out, "So-and-so!" The student responded, "Yes?"  
> The Master said, "You may go; come back another time."  
> The Master gave a teaching, saying, "One phrase pervades the great earth. One phrase is spoken as soon as asked. One phrase is not spoken even when asked." \[A monk\] asked, "What is the phrase that pervades the great earth?"  
> The Master said, "Without empty gap."  
> \[The monk asked,\] "What is the phrase spoken as soon as asked?"  
> The Master said, "Lower your voice, lower your voice."  
> \[The monk asked,\] "What is the phrase not spoken even when asked?"  
> The Master said, "One ought to know the season."  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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