[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) › [續傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077) › 16.9 # 續傳燈錄 16.9 續傳燈錄 16.9 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.16.9) 舒州三祖法宗禪師。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。喫鹽添得渴。問如何是道。師曰。十里雙牌五里單堠。曰如何是道中人。師曰。少避長賤避貴。問如何是善知識所為底心。師曰。十字街頭一片甎。曰如何是十字街頭一片甎。師曰。不知。曰既不知却恁麼說。師曰。無人踏著。上堂。五五二十五。時人盡解數。倒拈第二籌。茫茫者無據。為甚麼無據。愛他一縷失却一端。上堂。明晃晃活鱍鱍。十方世界一毫末。拋向面前知不知。莫向意根上拈掇。拍一拍。上堂架梯可以攀高。雖升而不能達河漢。鑄鍬可以掘鑿。雖利而不能到風輪。其器者費功。其謀者益妄。不如歸家坐。免使走塵壤。大眾那箇是塵壤。祖佛禪道。 > Chan Master Fazong of Sanshan in Shuzhou. A monk asked, 'What is the Buddha?' The Master said, 'Eating salt increases thirst.' He asked, 'What is the Way?' The Master said, 'Ten li, double tablets; five li, a single mound.' The monk said, 'What is the person within the Way?' The Master said, 'The young yield to the elder; the humble yield to the noble.' He asked, 'What is the mind of a kalyāṇamitra's doing?' The Master said, 'A single piece of brick at the crossroads.' The monk said, 'What is a single piece of brick at the crossroads?' The Master said, 'I do not know.' The monk said, 'Since you do not know, why speak like that?' The Master said, 'No one steps on it.' Ascending the hall, he said, 'Five times five is twenty-five; people of the day all know how to count. Picking up the second counter in reverse, the aimless have no basis. Why do they have no basis? Loving one of his threads, they lose a whole bolt.' Ascending the hall, he said, 'Bright and gleaming, lively and flopping! The worlds of the ten directions are a single tip of hair. Tossed right in front of you—do you know it or not? Do not go picking it up upon the sense faculty of mind.' He clapped his hands once. Ascending the hall, he said, 'Erecting a ladder allows one to climb high, yet though one ascends, one cannot reach the Silver River. Casting a shovel allows one to dig and bore, yet sharp though it may be, it cannot reach the wind wheel. One's tools waste labor; one's schemes become ever more delusional. It is better to return home and sit, avoiding running through the dusty soil. Assembly! Which is the dusty soil? The Patriarchs, the Buddhas, Chan, and the Way.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 16.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.16.8) - [Next: 16.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.16.10) - [Up: 16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.16) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.16.9) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.16.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.16.9) · Pramāṇa