[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) › 19.45 # 續傳燈錄 19.45 續傳燈錄 19.45 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.19.45) 興元府中梁山乾明永因禪師本府人。初住法濟。僧問。改律為禪非無所以。學人上來乞師便道。師曰。分明一句作者猶迷。僧云。漢水秖應流到海。月輪直上最高峯。師曰。且得領話。問世尊出世地涌金蓮。和尚出世有何祥瑞。師曰。昨日雨今日晴。僧云。向上更有事也無。師曰有。僧云。如何是向上事。師曰。東西南北上下四維。乃曰。信哉此事孰不承恩大似日輪處虛空界。但能返照即自圓明。不假多聞本來具足。堂堂應用歷歷現前。廓落情塵遍周法界。虛空上下不在思量。大地山河有何間隔。乃拈起拂子曰。前佛已滅後佛未生。正當而今諸人何不省悟去。便乃不除煩惱即證菩提。不離死生便成正覺。假饒碧眼胡僧也添減絲毫不得。雖然如是。敢問諸人。作麼生是添減不得底事。良久曰。斬新樓閣佛家天。律即禪居豈偶然。底事不曾添減得。任從天下與人傳。 > Chan Master Qianming Yongyin of Mount Zhongliang in Xingyuan Prefecture was a native of this prefecture. At first, he resided at Faji. A monk asked: "Changing from the Vinaya to Chan is not without reason. I have come forward and beg the Master to speak directly." The Master said: "A clear and distinct single phrase, yet experts are still deluded." The monk said: "The Han River must flow into the sea; the disc of the moon ascends straight to the highest peak." The Master said: "For now, you may understand the words." He asked: "When the Bhagavat appeared in the world, golden lotuses welled up from the earth. When the Upādhyāya appears in the world, what auspicious sign is there?" The Master said: "Yesterday it rained; today it is clear." The monk said: "Is there anything further beyond?" The Master said: "There is." The monk said: "What is the matter beyond?" The Master said: "East, west, south, north, above, below, and the four intermediate corners." He then said: "Trust in this matter! Who does not receive its favour? It is very much like the solar disc positioned in space: if one can only turn the illumination backward, it is of itself completely luminous. It does not rely on extensive learning; it is originally complete. Magnificently functioning in adaptation, clearly manifest before us. Vacuous, beyond the emotional defilements, it pervades the entire Dharma realm. Above and below in empty space, it is not within discursive thought. What separation could there be with the great earth, mountains, and rivers?" He then held up his whisk and said: "The former Buddhas have already entered extinction; the future Buddhas are not yet born. Right at this very moment, why do you not come to an awakening? Then, without eradicating afflictions, you immediately realize bodhi; without leaving birth and death, you directly achieve complete enlightenment. Even if the blue-eyed barbarian monk \[Bodhidharma came\], he could not add or subtract a single fraction. Although it is like this, I venture to ask you all: What is the matter that can neither be added to nor subtracted from?" After a long pause, he said: > "A brand-new pavilion, a realm of the Buddha's house; / That the Vinaya becomes a Chan abode—how could that be accidental? / The fundamental matter has never been added to or subtracted from; / Let it be passed down to people throughout the world as it will." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 19.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.19.44) - [Next: 19.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.19.46) - [Up: 19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.19) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.19.45) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.19.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.19.45) · Pramāṇa