[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) › 20.10 # 續傳燈錄 20.10 續傳燈錄 20.10 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.20.10) 廬山圓通可僊禪師。僧問。如何是佛。師曰。騎牛覓牛。僧云。爭奈學人不會。師曰。參取不會底。上堂良久曰。恁麼散去早是不著便。那堪長老鼓兩片皮搖三寸舌。說東道西指南言北轉沒交涉。何故如此。說則乾坤大地該括微塵。收則纖芥無差絲毫不露。苟或獨超象外量等太虛。便乃終日說事不為事所礙。古今三世儼爾目前。曲直條然是非有辨。能和光同塵隨邪逐惡。恁麼說話也大無端。忽有箇傑出叢林烜赫禪者。為眾竭力出來掀倒禪床喝散大眾。將長老推向階下。也許他有些氣息。有麼既無。老僧倒行此令。拄杖打禪床一下。 > Chan Master Kexian of Yuantong in Mount Lu. A monk asked, "What is the Buddha?" The Master said, "Riding an ox to look for an ox." The monk said, "What can I do if I, the learner, do not understand?" The Master said, "Inquire into the one who does not understand." He ascended the hall and, after a long pause, said: "To disperse like this is already inappropriate; how much worse for the elder to flap his two lips and wag his three-inch tongue, talking of east, speaking of west, pointing south, mentioning north, with ever less relevance! Why is it so? When spoken of, heaven and earth and the great world encompass every dust mote; when gathered in, there is not the slightest discrepancy, not a thread exposed. If one can independently transcend beyond appearances and match the great void in measure, then one may speak of affairs all day without being obstructed by affairs. The ancient and modern three periods of time are distinctly before one's eyes; the crooked and straight are orderly, and right and wrong are distinguished. One can blend one's light with the dust, following the crooked and pursuing evil. Speaking like this is also quite groundless. If suddenly there were an outstanding, illustrious Chan practitioner from the monasteries who exerted all effort for the assembly, came forward, overturned the Chan bed, shouted to disperse the great assembly, and pushed the elder down the steps, I would concede he had some life in him. Is there such a person? Since there is none, this old monk will reverse the execution of this decree." He struck the Chan bed once with his staff. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 20.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.20.9) - [Next: 20.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.20.11) - [Up: 20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.20) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.20.10) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.20.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.20.10) · Pramāṇa