[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) › 4.31 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 4.31 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 4.31 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.4.31) 上堂云：「薩怛阿竭二千年前費分疎，摩醯首羅一眼頂門先漏逗，有轉變識機，宜到這裏，如虎戴角，骨碌錐守窠臼，於箇中似龜負圖，直須自悟自修，切忌依他作解。所以道：『有一句子，堪與祖佛為師；有一句子，堪與人天為師；有一句子，自救不了。』只如截斷眾流不落三句，又且如何？還委悉麼？言下未開千聖眼，鋒前已泄法王機。」 > Ascending the hall, \[the Master\] said: "Two thousand years ago, the Tathāgata wasted explanations; Maheśvara's single eye on the crown of the head leaked first. Having the potential to transform consciousness, one should arrive here: like a tiger wearing horns, or an awl spinning freely guarding the nest; within this, like a tortoise carrying a chart, one must truly awaken on one's own and cultivate on one's own, strictly avoiding relying on others to form understanding. Therefore it is said: 'There is a phrase capable of being the teacher of the buddhas and patriarchs; there is a phrase capable of being the teacher of humans and devas; there is a phrase that cannot save itself.' Just as cutting off the various streams without falling into the three phrases, how is it then? Do you fully understand? Beneath the words, the eyes of a thousand sages have not yet opened; before the dynamic point, the King of the Dharma's dynamic potential has already leaked." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 4.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.4.30) - [Next: 4.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.4.32) - [Up: 4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.4) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.4.31) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.4.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.4.31) · Pramāṇa