[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) › 2.13 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.13 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.13 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.13) 上堂，僧問：「江邊臨水者，盡是採魚人，錦鱗紅尾作麼生取？」師云：「莫妄想。」進云：「不妄想時如何？」師云：「不計工程得便休。」進云：「碧潭深萬丈，直下取魚歸也。」師云：「更須退步。」問：「一塵含法界時如何？」師云：「暗裏髑髏明世界。」乃云：「祖祖相傳傳底事，佛佛授手不唯他，若存情識論知解，耳裏塵沙眼內華。所以道：『見聞覺知是法，法離見聞覺知。』不著佛法僧求，呼喚不回，籠羅不住，更須知棒喝交馳，照用同時，向上一竅始得。且作麼生是向上一竅？鶴有九臯難翥翼，馬無千里謾追風。」下座。 > Ascending the hall, a monk asked, "Those approaching the water by the river are all people catching fish. How does one catch the brocade scales and red tails?" The Master said, "Do not have delusive thoughts." The monk continued, "What about when not having delusive thoughts?" The Master said, "Without calculating the labor, stop once you obtain it." The monk said, "'The jade pool is ten thousand fathoms deep; directly going down, one catches the fish and returns.'" The Master said, "You must take a step backward." A monk asked, "What is it like when a single dust mote contains the Dharma realm?" The Master said, "In darkness the skull brightens the world." The Master then said, "What patriarch after patriarch transmitted is this matter; what Buddha after Buddha passed down by hand is nothing other. If you retain emotional consciousness to discuss intellectual understanding, it is dust and sand in the ears, flowers in the eyes. Therefore it is said: 'Seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing are phenomena; phenomena are free from seeing, hearing, perceiving, and knowing.' Not clinging to Buddha, Dharma, or Sangha to seek, not returning when called, not caught in any cage or snare—you must further know the mutual rushing of staff and shout, the simultaneity of illumination and function, and the transcendent opening before you get it. And what is the transcendent opening? The crane in the ninefold marsh finds it hard to spread its wings; / A horse without thousand-mile stamina vainly chases the wind." He stepped down from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.12) - [Next: 2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.14) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.2.13) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.13) · Pramāṇa