[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) › 21.61 # 景德傳燈錄 21.61 景德傳燈錄 21.61 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [21.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.21.61) 福州鼓山智岳了宗大師福州人也初遊方至鄂州黃龍。問曰。久嚮黃龍到來只見赤斑蛇。黃龍曰。汝只見赤斑蛇且不識黃龍。師曰。如何是。黃龍曰。滔滔地。師曰。忽遇金翅鳥來又作麼生。曰性命難存。師曰。恁麼即被他吞却也。曰謝闍梨供養師當下未省覺。尋迴受業山禮覲國師和尚。啟發微旨而後次補山門為第三世。上堂曰。我若全舉宗乘汝向什麼處領會。所以向汝道。古今常露體用無妨。僧問。諸餘即不問。如何是誕生王種。師曰。金枝玉葉不相似是作麼生。僧曰。恁麼即同中不得異。師曰。不得異事作麼生。僧曰。金枝爭能續。師曰。猶是閫外之辭。問虛空還解作用也無。師拈起拄杖曰。遮箇師僧好打。僧無語。 > Master Zhiyue Liaozong of Gushan in Fuzhou was a native of Fuzhou. When he first set out on his travels, he went to Huanglong in Ezhou. He asked, “Having long looked up to Huanglong (Yellow Dragon), on arriving here I only see a red-spotted snake.” Huanglong said, “You only see a red-spotted snake and do not yet recognize the Yellow Dragon.” The master said, “What is it?” Huanglong said, “Surging continuously.” The master said, “If suddenly encountering a garuḍa coming, what then?” Huanglong said, “Life would be hard to preserve.” The master said, “If so, then it will be swallowed up by him.” Huanglong said, “Thank you, Ācārya, for the offering.” The master was not enlightened at that moment. Soon he returned to his home mountain of ordination, paid respects to the National Master, and had the subtle intention opened and revealed to him. Afterwards, he succeeded to the mountain gate as the third generation. Ascending the hall, he said, “If I fully set forth the ancestral vehicle, where would you comprehend it? Therefore I tell you: past and present are constantly manifest; substance and function do not obstruct each other.” A monk asked, “I do not ask about the rest; what is the seed of the born king?” The master said, “The golden branches and jade leaves do not resemble each other—what is that like?” The monk said, “If so, then within sameness one cannot find difference.” The master said, “What about this affair of being unable to find difference?” The monk said, “How can the golden branches continue?” The master said, “These are still words from outside the gate.” A monk asked, “Does empty space also know how to function or not?” The master lifted his staff and said, “This monk deserves a beating.” The monk was speechless. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 21.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.21.60) - [Next: 21.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.21.62) - [Up: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.21) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.21.61) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.21.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.21.61) · Pramāṇa