[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) › 7.9 # 景德傳燈錄 7.9 景德傳燈錄 7.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.7.9) 信州鵝湖大義禪師者。衢州須江人也。姓徐氏。李翱甞問師。大悲用千手眼作麼。師云。今上用公作麼。有一僧乞置塔。李尚書問云。教中不許將屍塔下過。又作麼生。無對。僧却來問師。師云。他得大闡提。唐憲宗甞詔入內。於麟德殿論議。有一法師問。如何是四諦。師云。聖上一帝三帝何在。又問。欲界無禪禪居色界。此土憑何而立禪。師云。法師只知欲界無禪。不知禪界無欲。法師云。如何是禪。師以手點空。法師無對。帝云。法師講無窮經論。只遮一點尚不奈何。師却問諸碩德曰。行住坐臥畢竟以何為道。有對曰。知者是道。師曰。不可以智知。不可以識識。安得知者是道乎。有對無分別是道。師曰。善能分別諸法相。於第一義而不動安得無分別是道乎。有對。四禪八定是道。師曰。佛身無為不墮諸數。安在四禪八定耶。眾皆杜口。師又舉。順宗問尸利禪師。大地眾生如何得見性成佛。尸利云。佛性猶如水中月。可見不可取。因謂帝曰。佛性非見心見。水中月如何攖取。帝乃問。何者是佛性。師對曰。不離陛下所問。帝默契真宗益加欽重。師於元和十三年正月七日歸寂。壽七十四。勅諡慧覺禪師見性之塔。 > Chan Master Dayi of Ehu in Xinzhou was a native of Xujiang in Quzhou. His family name was Xu. Li Ao once asked the master, “What does the Great Compassionate One use a thousand hands and eyes for?” The master said, “What does the present Emperor use you for, Minister?” A monk requested to build a stūpa. Minister Li asked him, “In the teachings, it is not permitted to carry a corpse past a stūpa; how about that?” There was no reply. The monk then came and asked the master. The master said, “He has attained great icchantika.” Emperor Xianzong of the Tang once summoned him to enter the palace to engage in debate in the Linde Hall. A Dharma master asked, “What are the four noble truths?” The master said, “His Sage Majesty is the one emperor; where are the other three emperors?” He also asked, “There is no dhyāna in the desire realm; dhyāna resides in the form realm. On what basis is dhyāna established in this land?” The master said, “The Dharma master only knows that there is no dhyāna in the desire realm, but does not know that there is no desire in the realm of dhyāna.” The Dharma master said, “What is dhyāna?” The master pointed his finger at empty space. The Dharma master had no reply. The Emperor said, “The Dharma master has expounded endless scriptures and treatises, yet he cannot handle even this single point!” The master then asked the eminent worthies, “In walking, standing, sitting, and lying down, what after all is the Way?” Someone replied, “Knowing is the Way.” The master said, “It cannot be known through wisdom, nor can it be cognized through consciousness; how can knowing be the Way?” Someone replied, “Non-discrimination is the Way.” The master said, “Skillfully distinguishing all dharma-characteristics while remaining unmoved in the primary meaning—how can non-discrimination be the Way?” Someone replied, “The four dhyānas and eight samāpattis are the Way.” The master said, “The Buddha's body is unconditioned and does not fall into various numbers; how could it reside in the four dhyānas and eight samāpattis?” All fell silent. The master further cited: “Emperor Shunzong asked Chan Master Shili, ‘How can the sentient beings of the great earth see their nature and become Buddhas?’ Shili said, ‘Buddha-nature is like the moon in the water: it can be seen, but cannot be grasped.’” He then said to the Emperor, “Buddha-nature is not seen with the seeing mind; how can the moon in the water be grabbed?” The Emperor then asked, “What is Buddha-nature?” The master replied, “It is not apart from what Your Majesty has asked.” The Emperor silently accorded with the true principle and respected him all the more. The master passed into extinction on the seventh day of the first month of the thirteenth year of the Yuanhe era, at the age of seventy-four. By imperial order, he was posthumously titled Chan Master Huijue, and his stūpa was called Jianxing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.7.8) - [Next: 7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.7.10) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.7.9) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.15.4) — Classical Chinese - [釋氏稽古略](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.3.200) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.7.9) · Pramāṇa