[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) › 7.21 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 7.21 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 7.21 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.7.21) 上堂：「壁立萬仞處透得，鬧市裏可以橫身，鬧市裏透得，壁立萬仞處可以倒退。何也？根本若真，正眼洞明，則七穿八穴；根本若不明，正眼若麋麻，則皮穿骨露。故德山入門便棒，臨濟入門便喝，睦州見僧便道現成公案，資福道：『隔江見剎竿便去，脚跟下好與三十棒。』豈不是壁立萬仞處透得大丈夫漢？一等是踏破草鞋，何不向祖佛提不起處承當，天人著眼不及處擔荷？然後即心即佛，非色非心，以一重去一重，以一句脫一句，豈不是鬧市裏透得，向箇裏直得壁立萬仞，然後似鶻提鳩。所以古人道：『垂手還同萬仞崖，正偏何必在安排。』然後與麼也得，不與麼也得，與麼不與麼總得，似虎靠山；忽若與麼也不得，不與麼也不得，與麼不與麼總不得，如銀山橫路。許他是具眼底，向箇裏雙照雙遮，同生同死，全明全暗，全殺全活。正與麼時，且作麼生？杖頭點出金剛王，鐵壁銀山百雜碎。」復云：「聖凡情解初無相，一法真時法法真，萬仞崖頭能撒手，千峯頂上現全身。」 > Ascending the hall, he said: "If you can penetrate the place where cliffs stand ten thousand fathoms steep, you can cast your body across the noisy market; if you can penetrate the noisy market, you can step backward at the place where cliffs stand ten thousand fathoms steep. Why? If the root is true and the correct eye is penetrated and clear, then one is thoroughly adept in all directions; if the root is not clear and the correct eye is tangled like hemp, then the skin is pierced and the bones are bared. Therefore, when Deshan entered the gate he gave a blow with his staff; when Linji entered the gate he gave a shout; Muzhou, upon seeing a monk, said, 'A ready-made gong'an'; Zifu said, 'Seeing the monastery flagpole across the river, one should just leave; under the heels, one properly deserves thirty blows of the staff.' Are these not great heroes who have penetrated the place where cliffs stand ten thousand fathoms steep? While equally treading through your straw sandals, why not undertake that which the Buddhas and Patriarchs cannot lift, and shoulder that which heavenly beings and humans cannot lay eyes on? Afterwards, mind itself is Buddha, neither form nor mind; removing one layer with another layer, shedding one phrase with another phrase—is this not having penetrated through the noisy market, and arriving right here where the cliff stands ten thousand fathoms steep, like a falcon seizing a dove? Therefore the ancients said: 'Lowering the hands is still the same as the ten-thousand-fathom cliff; why should upright and inclined require arrangement?' Thereafter, 'like this' is acceptable, 'not like this' is acceptable, and both 'like this' and 'not like this' are altogether acceptable, like a tiger leaning against a mountain; but if suddenly 'like this' will not do, 'not like this' will not do, and both 'like this' and 'not like this' altogether will not do, it is like a silver mountain barring the road. I grant that one who possesses the eye, right here, simultaneously illumines and conceals, shares birth and shares death, fully bright and fully dark, completely killing and completely enlivening. Right at such a time, how is it? Pointed out from the staff's tip is the Vajra King; the iron wall and silver mountain shatter into a hundred pieces." He further said: "The sentiments and understandings of sage and commoner originally have no mark; when a single phenomenon is true, every single phenomenon is true. Able to let go one's hands at the head of a ten-thousand-fathom cliff, one reveals the entire body atop a thousand peaks." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 7.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.7.20) - [Next: 7.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.7.22) - [Up: 7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.7) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.7.21) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.7.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.7.21) · Pramāṇa