[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) › 2.24 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.24 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 2.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.24) 上堂云：「眨上眉毛早蹉過，塞却眼更形言語，轉周遮，合取口，盡大地都為一塵，佛眼覷不見，一大藏都為一句，海口莫能宣，也未提得一半在。忽然踏破化城時如何？行到水窮處，坐看雲起時。」下座。 > Ascending the hall, \[the master\] said, "Blink your eyebrows and you have already missed it; block your eyes and you further form speech, turning increasingly roundabout. Close your mouth! The entire great earth becomes a single dust mote, which the Buddha eye cannot see; the entire Great Canon becomes a single phrase, which a mouth as vast as the ocean cannot express—yet it has not even brought out half of it. What about when you suddenly trample through the conjured city? / Walking to where the waters end, / Sitting to watch when the clouds arise." He stepped down from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.23) - [Next: 2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.25) - [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.2.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.2.24) · Pramāṇa