[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) › 29.106 # 景德傳燈錄 29.106 景德傳燈錄 29.106 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [29.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.106) 學道無端學畫龍。元來未得筆頭蹤。一朝體得真龍後。方覺從前枉用功。 > Studying the Way, one groundlessly studies drawing dragons; / Originally one never mastered the brush's traces. / One morning, after embodying the real dragon, / Only then does one realize past efforts were wasted in vain. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 29.105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.105) - [Next: 29.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.107) - [Up: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.29.106) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.29.106) · Pramāṇa