[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) › 2.49 # 續傳燈錄 2.49 續傳燈錄 2.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.2.49) 衡州常寧北禪智賢禪師。僧問。師唱誰家曲宗風嗣阿誰。師曰。擲盋峯巒秀名高海外傳。僧云。昔日福嚴親得旨。今朝此地化迷途。師曰。終是飽叢林。問如何是佛。師曰。匙挑不起。僧云。如何是道。師曰。險路架橋。除夕示眾曰。年窮歲盡。無可與大眾分歲。老僧烹一頭露地白牛。炊土田米飯。煮菜根燒榾柮火。與大眾圍爐唱歸田樂。何以如此。免得倚他門戶傍他牆致使時人喚作郎。下座。時有僧從後大呼曰。縣有吏至。師反顧問其所以。僧云。和尚殺牛未納皮角。師笑擲煖帽于地與之。僧就地拾得跪進云。天寒還和尚帽子。師顧問侍者倚遇曰。如何。遇云。近日城中紙貴一狀領過。又上堂良久曰。冤苦冤苦。作什麼百丈不在。老僧今日困下座。又上堂呵呵大笑曰。爭怪得老僧。 > Chan Master Zhixian of Beichan in Changning, Hengzhou. A monk asked, "Whose tune does the Master sing? Whose house style do you inherit?" The Master said, "The Alms Bowl-Tossing Peak is elegant; its fame is renowned overseas." The monk said, "Formerly at Fuyan you personally obtained the essential meaning; today in this place you transform those lost on the path." The Master said, "In the end, you are one well-fed in the monasteries." The monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The Master said, "A spoon cannot scoop it up." The monk said, "What is the Way?" The Master said, "Building a bridge over a perilous road." On New Year's Eve, he instructed the assembly: "The year is exhausted and the months come to an end. There is nothing with which to share the passage of the year with the assembly. This old monk cooks a white ox on open ground, steams rice from earthly fields, boils vegetable roots, and burns fire from wood chunks, gathering around the hearth with the assembly to sing songs of returning to the fields. Why so? To avoid leaning on others' doors and clinging to their walls, causing the people of the time to call me 'my lord.'" He stepped down from the seat. At that time, a monk shouted loudly from behind: "An official from the county has arrived!" The Master turned around and asked him why. The monk said, "The upādhyāya has slaughtered an ox but has not handed over its hide and horns." The Master laughed, threw his warm cap on the ground, and gave it to him. The monk picked it up from the ground, knelt, and presented it, saying, "The weather is cold; I return the upādhyāya's cap." The Master turned and asked his attendant Yiyu, "What about this?" Yu said, "Recently paper has been dear in the city; one indictment has been served." He also ascended the hall, and after a long pause said, "What injustice! What injustice! Why is Baizhang not here? This old monk is weary today." He stepped down from the seat. He also ascended the hall, laughed loudly with a "Heh, heh!", and said, "How could you blame this old monk?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.2.48) - [Next: 2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.2.50) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.2.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.2.49) · Pramāṇa