[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) › 15.49 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 15.49 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 15.49 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.49) 不與萬法為侶底，是什麼人？待爾一口吸盡西江水，即向汝道。多少徑截，何不便與麼承當？更入他語句中，則永不透脫。多見學者，只言卜度下語要求合頭，此豈是要透生死？要透生死，除非心地開通。此箇公案乃是開心地鑰匙子，只要明了言外領旨，始到此無疑之地矣。 > "What kind of person is it who is not companion to the ten thousand dharmas?" "Wait until you swallow all the waters of the West River in a single gulp, then I will tell you." How direct and shortcut! Why not take it upon yourself in just this way? If you delve further into his words and phrases, you will never break through and be emancipated. I often see students who merely make conjectures upon the words and formulate answers in search of an exact fit—how could this be wanting to penetrate birth and death? If you want to penetrate birth and death, it is possible only when the ground of the mind opens through. This gong'an is precisely the key that opens the ground of the mind; one need only be clear about it, grasp the essential purport beyond words, and only then arrive at this ground without doubt. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 15.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.48) - [Next: 15.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.50) - [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.15.49) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.15.49) · Pramāṇa