[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) › 8.18 # 續傳燈錄 8.18 續傳燈錄 8.18 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.18) 越州天章元善禪師。僧問。大無外小無內。既無內外畢竟是甚麼物。師曰。開口見膽。曰學人未曉。師曰。苦中苦。曰為眾竭力禍出私門。師打曰。教休不肯休。須待雨淋頭。問如何是最初句。師曰。末後問將來。曰為甚如此。師曰。先行不到。曰入水見長人也。師曰。秦皇擊缶。上堂。君問西來意。馬師踏水潦。若認一毫頭。何曾知起倒。劫火纔洞然。愚夫覓乾草。寧知明眼人。為君長懊惱嚬呻。 > Chan Master Yuánshàn of Tiānzhāng in Yuèzhōu. A monk asked, "Large, with nothing outside it; small, with nothing inside it. Since there is neither inside nor outside, what thing is it ultimately?" > The Master said, "Opening the mouth, one sees the gallbladder." > \[The monk\] said, "The student does not understand." > The Master said, "Suffering within suffering." > \[The monk\] said, "Exhausting one's strength for the assembly, calamity comes from one's own gate." > The Master struck him and said, "Told to cease, you refuse to cease; you must wait until rain drench your head." > \[A monk\] asked, "What is the primary phrase?" > The Master said, "Ask the final one in the future." > \[The monk\] said, "Why is it so?" > The Master said, "Walking ahead, one does not arrive." > \[The monk\] said, "Entering the water, one sees the tall person." > The Master said, "The First Emperor of Qin beats the clay jar." > Ascending the hall, \[the Master recited\]: > "You ask of the meaning of the coming from the West— > Master Mǎ stomped Shuǐlǎo. > If you recognize a single hair-tip, > when have you ever known its rising and falling? > Just as the kalpa-fire blazes through, > ignorant men seek dry grass. > How could one know that the clear-eyed person > endures long sorrow and deep sighs for you?" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.17) - [Next: 8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.19) - [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.8.18) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2077.8.18) · Pramāṇa