[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) › 8.15 # 續傳燈錄 8.15 續傳燈錄 8.15 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.15) 舒州山谷三祖冲會圓智禪師臨安府人也。初開堂日僧問。如何是第一義諦。師曰。百雜碎。曰恁麼則褒禪一會不異靈山。師曰。將糞箕掃帚來。問師登寶座壁立千仞正令當行十方坐斷。未審將何為人。師曰。千鈞之弩。曰大眾承恩。師曰。量才補職。問理雖頓悟事假漸除。除即不問。如何是頓悟底道理。師曰。言中有響。曰便恁麼又且如何。師曰。金毛師子。問生也猶如著衫。死也還同脫袴。未審意旨如何。師曰。譬如閑。曰為甚麼如此。師曰。因行不妨掉臂。問如何是天堂。師曰。太遠在。曰如何是地獄。師曰。放爾不得。曰天堂地獄相去多少。師曰。七零八落。問白雲綻處樓閣門開。善財為甚麼從外而入。師曰。開眼即瞎。曰未審落在甚麼處。師曰。填溝塞壑問如何是不動尊。師曰。寸步千里。 > Chan Master Chōnghuì Yuánzhì of Mount Sāngǔ \[and the monastery of the\] Third Patriarch in Shūzhōu was a native of Lín'ān Prefecture. On the day he first opened the hall, a monk asked, "What is the supreme truth?" > The Master said, "A hundred shattered fragments." > \[The monk\] said, "If so, then the assembly at Bǎochán is no different from Gṛdhrakūṭa." > The Master said, "Bring the dung basket and broom!" > \[A monk\] asked, "The Master ascends the jeweled seat, like a thousand-fathom cliff; the true command is put into effect, cutting off the ten directions. May I ask how you act for people's sake?" > The Master said, "A crossbow of a thousand jun." > \[The monk\] said, "The great assembly receives your benevolence." > The Master said, "Appointing to office according to ability." > \[A monk\] asked, "'Although the principle is suddenly awakened to, phenomena must be gradually eliminated through expedients.' Not asking about elimination, what is the principle of sudden awakening?" > The Master said, "There is an echo within the words." > \[The monk\] said, "What then if it is just so?" > The Master said, "A golden-haired lion." > \[A monk\] asked, "'Being born is like putting on a shirt; dying is like taking off trousers.' May I ask what the intended meaning is?" > The Master said, "It is like leisure." > \[The monk\] said, "Why is it so?" > The Master said, "Because while walking, swinging one's arms does no harm." > \[A monk\] asked, "What is heaven?" > The Master said, "Far too distant." > \[The monk\] asked, "What is hell?" > The Master said, "I cannot let you off." > \[The monk\] said, "How far apart are heaven and hell?" > The Master said, "Scattered seven ways and eight." > \[A monk\] asked, "Where the white clouds part, the tower gates open. Why did Sudhana enter from the outside?" > The Master said, "Opening the eyes, one is blind." > \[The monk\] said, "May I ask where he falls?" > The Master said, "Filling ditches and choking ravines." > \[A monk\] asked, "Who is the Immovable Honored One?" > The Master said, "An inch of a step is a thousand miles." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.14) - [Next: 8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.16) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077~en-mt.8.15) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.15) · Pramāṇa