[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) › [圓悟佛果禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997) › 10.7 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 10.7 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 10.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.10.7) 師云：「當軒正坐覿面無私，離相絕名當機有準，露箇形相通一線道，起箇面目示少津梁，如隔山見煙早知是火，隔牆見角早知是牛，若要只管隨數逐名求玄覓妙，則喪却自己脚跟下大事，埋沒從上來佛祖家風。只如今不依倚一物，不顯箇消息，還有共相證據底麼？若證據得，把斷要津不通凡聖，不向二千年前釋迦老子起模畫樣處，各自點胸。何故？大丈夫兒，他人住處我不住，他人用處我不用。祖師階梯是第二頭，超佛越祖是第三首，淨裸裸赤灑灑當陽獨露，是第八解。所以道：『末後一句始到牢關，把斷要津不通凡聖。』若是上流之士，不將祖師言教為人師範，如龜負圖，自取喪身之兆；鳳縈金網，趨霄漢以何期？今夜與諸人一時拈却。敢問大眾，不落祖師言教一句作麼生道？萬緣不到無心處，至了渾加井覷驢。」下座。 > The Master said: 'Sitting upright in the hall, face-to-face without selfishness, free of characteristics and cutting off names, hitting the mark when meeting the dynamic; revealing a form and opening a thread of a path, raising a face to show a little bridge—like seeing smoke beyond the mountain and already knowing it is fire, or seeing horns beyond the wall and already knowing it is an ox. If one insists solely on following numbers and chasing names, seeking the mysterious and searching for the subtle, then one loses the great matter under one's own feet and buries the family style of the buddhas and patriarchs from of old. Just now, without relying on a single thing and without manifesting a trace of news, is there anyone who can corroborate this together? If you can corroborate it, blocking off the vital ford so neither ordinary person nor sage can pass, you will not each beat your own breast where old Śākyamuni modeled and drew patterns two thousand years ago. Why? A great fellow does not stay where others stay, and does not use what others use. The steps of the patriarchs are the second head; surpassing buddhas and leaping over patriarchs is the third chief; being stark naked and clean and unencumbered, standing alone and exposed in broad daylight, is the eighth understanding. Therefore it is said: "Only the final phrase reaches the barrier fortress, blocking off the vital ford so neither ordinary person nor sage can pass." If one is a person of the superior stream, one does not take the patriarchs' verbal teachings as an exemplar for others. It would be like a turtle bearing a diagram, bringing on itself the omen of losing its life; or a phoenix entangled in a golden net, when could it ever hope to reach the high heavens? Tonight, I take them all away at once for you all. Dare I ask the great assembly: how do you speak a phrase that does not fall into the verbal teachings of the patriarchs? When myriad conditions do not reach the place of no-mind, / In the end it is entirely like gazing at a donkey in a well.' He stepped down from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.10.6) - [Next: 10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.10.8) - [Up: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.10) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.10.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.10.7) · Pramāṇa