[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) › [明覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996) › 4.161 # 明覺禪師語錄 4.161 明覺禪師語錄 4.161 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.161) 寥寥雄機，落落虛宇，本之不兆，傳之奚取。取既有規，規還倫古，凝明孤寬，垂應萬端。海蚌光絕，天珠影殘，南來北來，玄眸可觀。 > Desolate is the grand mechanism, / vast is the empty universe. / If its root does not show omens, / how can transmission grasp it? / Grasping having a model, / the model again equals antiquity. / Congealed brightness, solitary and vast, / extending responses to ten thousand matters. / The sea clam's light is extinguished; / the heavenly pearl's shadow fades. / Coming from the south or coming from the north, / dark eyes can behold it. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.160](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.160) - [Next: 4.162](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.162) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996~en-mt.4.161) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.161](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1996.4.161) · Pramāṇa