[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) › 20.9 # 景德傳燈錄 20.9 景德傳燈錄 20.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20.9) 潭州水西南臺和尚。僧問。如何是此間一滴水。師曰。入口即擭出。問如何是西來意。師曰。靴頭線綻。問祖祖相傳未審傳箇什麼。師曰。不因闍梨問老僧亦不知。 > Upādhyāya Shuinan Nantai of Tanzhou. A monk asked, "What is the single drop of water here?" The master said, "Once it enters the mouth, it is seized and pulled out." \[A monk\] asked, "What is the meaning of \[the Patriarch's\] coming from the West?" The master said, "The thread at the tip of the boot has burst." \[A monk\] asked, "The patriarchs transmitted it to one another; may I ask, what did they transmit?" The master said, "Were it not for your asking, the old monk would not know either." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20.8) - [Next: 20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20.10) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.20.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.20.9) · Pramāṇa