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# 景德傳燈錄 23.23

景德傳燈錄 23.23

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.23.23)

潞府妙勝臻禪師。僧問。如何是妙勝境。師曰。龍藏開時貝葉分明。問金粟如來為什麼却降釋迦會裏。師曰。香山南雪山北。曰南贍部洲事又作麼生。師曰。黃河水急浪華麁。問心心寂滅即不問。如何是向上一路。師曰。一條濟水貫新羅。問遠嚮雲門南北縱橫四維上下事作麼生。師曰。今日明日。

> Chan Master Zhen of Miaosheng in Lufu. A monk asked, “What is the realm of Miaosheng?”  
> The master said, “When the dragon canon is opened, the palm leaves are clear.”  
> \[A monk\] asked, “Why did the Golden Grain Tathāgata descend instead into Śākyamuni’s assembly?”  
> The master said, “South of the Fragrant Mountains, north of the Snowy Mountains.”  
> \[The monk\] said, “What about the affairs of Jambudvīpa?”  
> The master said, “The Yellow River’s water is swift; the waves and foam are coarse.”  
> \[A monk\] asked, “Leaving aside when mind after mind is extinguished, what is the transcendental road?”  
> The master said, “A single Ji River runs through Silla.”  
> \[A monk\] asked, “Looking afar to Yunmen, crossing north and south, the four directions, above and below—how are these matters?”  
> The master said, “Today, tomorrow.”  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Translations (1)

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