[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) › 15.40 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 15.40 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 15.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.40) 世尊拈華迦葉微笑，二祖禮拜達磨傳心，豈有他哉？箭鋒相拄也。當其神契理御，非言思所測，唯知有向上宗風者證之，雖千萬億載，猶旦暮爾，是故乃佛乃祖求人初不草草，要是純剛打就利根上智，然後提其要、擊其節，如膠投漆，舉一明三，阿轆轆地，無窠窟、絕滲漏底，始可首肯。更須淘煉到盤錯交加，人所不能窮詰辨別處，綽綽然游刃有餘。當受用時，浸淫露手段，有超宗越格，不傍師旨獨出胸襟，壁立千仞驚群敵勝，方堪付授。法既不輕，道亦尊嚴，所謂源深流長也。 > When the World-Honored One held up a flower, Kāśyapa smiled; when the Second Patriarch bowed, Bodhidharma transmitted the mind. How could there be anything else? The arrowheads met each other. When their spirits converged and they mastered the principle, it was beyond the reckoning of words and thoughts. Only those who know of the transcendent lineage style can realize it; though ten million kalpas may pass, it is still like morning and evening. Therefore, the Buddhas and Patriarchs were never careless in seeking people; they required those forged of pure steel, of sharp faculties and superior wisdom. Only then would they bring up the essentials and strike the key moments—like glue adhering to lacquer, understanding three upon the presentation of one, turning freely like a wheel, without a nest or burrow and cut off from all leakage—only such a person could be approved. Furthermore, they had to be refined to the point where difficulties intertwined and people could not interrogate or distinguish them, moving their blades with ease and room to spare. When in practical use, showing their skill in full flow, transcending the lineage and surpassing conventions, not leaning on the master's teachings but emerging solely from their own chests, standing like a wall a thousand fathoms high, startling the crowd and overcoming opponents—only then were they worthy of being entrusted. As the Dharma is not taken lightly, the Way is also revered and dignified; this is what is called 'when the source is deep, the stream flows long.' > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.39) - [Next: 15.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.41) - [Up: 15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.15.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.40) · Pramāṇa