[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) › 27.77 # 景德傳燈錄 27.77 景德傳燈錄 27.77 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [27.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.27.77) 僧問龍牙。十二時中如何著力。龍牙曰。如無手人欲行拳始得（東禪齊云。好言語且作麼生會。嘗問一僧。他道無手底人何更行得拳也。及問伊佛法。伊便休去將知路布說。得無用處不如子細體取古人意好）。 > A monk asked Longya, "Throughout the twelve periods of the day, how should one exert effort?" Longya said, "Only when you are like a handless man who wants to throw a fist will you attain it." (Dongshan Qi said, "Good words! But how do you understand them? I once asked a monk, and he said, 'How could a handless man throw a fist again?' When I questioned him on the Buddha Dharma, he fell silent. Know that speaking in circles is useless; it is better to comprehend the ancients' meaning with care.") > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 27.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.27.76) - [Next: 27.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.27.78) - [Up: 27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.27) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.27.77) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.27.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.27.77) · Pramāṇa