[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) › 7.24 # 續傳燈錄 7.24 續傳燈錄 7.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.7.24) 洪州泐潭曉月禪師本州章氏子。僧問。修多羅教如標月指。未審指箇甚麼。師曰。請高著眼。曰曙色未。分人盡望。及乎天曉也尋常。師曰。年衰鬼弄人。 > Chan Master Xiaoyue of Letan in Hongzhou was a son of the Zhang family of that prefecture. A monk asked, "The sūtra teachings are like a finger pointing to the moon. I wonder, what is being pointed at?" The Master said, "Please raise your eyes high." \[The monk\] said, "Before the dawn light has parted, everyone gazes at it; when the sky has brightened, it is merely ordinary." The Master said, "In waning years, ghosts make sport of humans." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.7.23) - [Next: 7.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.7.25) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.7.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.7.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.7.24) · Pramāṇa