[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) › [鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985) › 1.2 # 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.2 鎮州臨濟慧照禪師語錄 1.2 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.2) 曹溪派列，淘涌而流注無窮；南嶽岐分，巍峨而聯綿不盡。雲仍曼衍，枝葉滋榮，非止蔭覆人天，抑亦光揚祖道。無說之說，須知意不在言；無聞之聞，果信言非有意。此皆理極無喻之道，緒餘影響者也。故臨濟祖師以正法眼明涅槃心，興大智大慈、運大機大用，棒頭喝下勦絕凡情，電掣星馳卒難搆副，豈容擬議？那許追思！非唯鷄過新羅，欲使鳳趨霄漢，不留朕跡，透脫玄關，令三界迷徒歸一真實際，天下英流莫不仰瞻，為一宗之祖，理當然也。今總統雪堂禪師乃臨濟十八代孫，河北江南遍尋是錄，偶至餘杭得獲是本，如貧得寶、似暗得燈，踊躍歡呼，不勝感激，遂捨長財，繡梓流通，俵施諸剎，此一端奇事，寔千載難逢。咦！擲地金聲聞四海，定知珠玉價難酬。元貞二年歲次丁未，大都報恩禪寺住持嗣祖，林泉老人從倫盥手焚香謹序。 > The branches of Caoxi spread out, surging and flowing without end; the forks of Nanyue divide, standing towering and continuously linked without exhaustion. As descendants proliferate and branches and foliage flourish, they not only give shelter to gods and humans, but also illuminate and glorify the ancestral way. In speech that is no-speech, one must understand that the intention does not lie in words; in hearing that is no-hearing, truly believe that words hold no deliberate intent. These are all of the path beyond analogies at the utmost limit of principle, its residual traces and reverberations. Thus the ancestral teacher Linji clarified the mind of nirvāṇa with the eye of true Dharma, aroused great wisdom and great compassion, operated great dynamic functioning and great application, and beneath his stick and within his shout eradicated worldly sentiments; striking like lightning and galloping like shooting stars, he was difficult to match in an instant. How could hesitation be permitted? How could pondering be allowed! It is not merely that 'the rooster crossed to Silla'—he wished to cause the phoenix to soar into the high heavens, leaving behind no omen or trace, breaking through the mysterious barrier, and causing the deluded multitudes of the three realms to return to the single true reality. The heroes of the realm all look up to him with reverence; that he stands as the founder of a school is only natural. Now, Chief Abbot Chan Master Xuetang is an eighteenth-generation descendant of Linji. Searching everywhere for this record north of the river and south of the Yangtze, he happened upon reaching Yuhang to obtain this text. Like a pauper finding a jewel or someone in the dark gaining a lamp, he leaped and shouted with joy, overcome with gratitude. Thereupon he gave away surplus wealth to have it carved onto printing blocks and circulated, distributing it to all monasteries. This remarkable event is truly rare to encounter in a thousand years. Ah! The golden sound cast to the ground is heard across the four seas; one surely knows the price of pearls and jade is hard to match. In the second year of Yuanzhen, the year Dingwei, Conglun, the Elder of Linquan, abbot and lineage heir of the ancestral monastery Bao'en Chan Temple in Dadu, washed his hands, burned incense, and respectfully composed this preface. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.1) - [Next: 1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.3) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985~en-mt.1.2) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1985.1.2) · Pramāṇa