[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) › 18.54 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.54 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 18.54 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.54) 父母未生前，生也只如然，一般拈掇能，奇巧直下渾，如火裏蓮，騰今煥古，極妙窮玄。大可憐，清風長滿座，一萬八千年。 > Before parents gave birth, / and being born—it is just like this. / Uniformly holding it up and handling it, / remarkably clever, completely unified right underfoot, / like a lotus in the fire: / ascending from the past and brightening the present, / supremely marvelous, exhausting the dark mystery. / Most delightful: / pure wind constantly fills the seats / for eighteen thousand years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.53) - [Next: 18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.55) - [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.18.54) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.18.54) · Pramāṇa