[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) › 14.40 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 14.40 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 14.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.14.40) 金色頭陀論劫打坐，達磨少林面壁九年，曹溪四會縣看獵，大溈深山卓庵十載，大梅一住絕人迹，無業閱大藏，古聖翹足七晝夜讚底沙，常啼經月鬻心肝，長慶坐破七蒲團，是皆為此一段大因緣，其志可尚，終古作後昆標準，便使致身在長連床上，亦不過冥心體究，但令心念澄靜，紛紛擾擾處正好作工夫。當作工夫時，透頂透底，無絲毫遺漏，全體現成，更不自他處起。唯此一大機阿轆轆轉，更說甚世諦佛法？一樣平持日久歲深，自然脚跟下實確確地，只是箇良上座。直下契證，如水入水、如金博金，平等一如，湛然真純，是解作活計；但一念不生，放教玲瓏，才有是非，彼我得失，勿隨他去，乃是終日竟夜親參自家真善知識，何憂此事不辦？切須自看。 > The Golden Ascetic sat for kalpas; Bodhidharma faced the wall at Shaolin for nine years; Caoxi watched the hunters in Sihui County; Dawei lived in a thatched hut in the deep mountains for ten years; Damei dwelt in a place isolated from human traces; Wuye read the Great Canon; the ancient sage praised Tiṣya with one foot raised for seven days and nights; Sadāprarudita spent months selling his heart and liver; and Changqing sat through seven meditation cushions. These were all for this one great cause and condition; their resolve is worthy of esteem, serving as a standard for later generations throughout eternity. Even if you place your body on the long continuous benches, it is nothing other than quieting the mind to investigate and experience it, merely keeping thoughts clear and calm. Amidst hustle and bustle is precisely where one can apply effort. When applying effort, penetrate from top to bottom without the slightest omission; the entire body is present before you, not arising from anywhere else. Only this one great potential revolves freely—why speak of worldly truth or Buddhadharma? Holding both equally for a long time, year after year, your footing will naturally become firm and solid, simply being this Senior Monk Liang. Directly accord and realize it, like water pouring into water, like gold traded for gold, equal and unified, clear, true, and pure—this is knowing how to make a livelihood. Just do not give rise to a single thought, letting it be unobstructed and transparent. As soon as right and wrong, self and other, gain and loss arise, do not follow them. This is day and night personally meeting your own true kalyāṇamitra; why worry that this matter will not be accomplished? You must look at this yourself! > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 14.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.14.39) - [Next: 14.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.14.41) - [Up: 14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.14) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.14.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.14.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.14.40) · Pramāṇa