[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) › 18.52 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.52 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.52 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.52) 斬釘截鐵，大巧若拙，一句單提，不會佛法，儘他葉落華開，不問春寒秋熱，別別，萬古碧潭空界月。 > Cutting nails and shearing iron; / great skill appears clumsy. / A single phrase held up aloft: / "I do not understand the Buddhadharma." / Let the leaves fall and the flowers blossom; / do not ask about spring chill or autumn heat. / Distinct and unique: / for ten thousand eons, the moon in the empty sky of the green pool. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.51) - [Next: 18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.53) - [Up: 18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.18.52) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.52) · Pramāṇa