[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) › 8.24 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 8.24 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 8.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.24) 上堂云：「有句無句已絕誵訛，非色非心直超路布，到箇裏有啟口分也無。莫道是勤上座口似匾檐，設使三世諸佛歷代祖師出來，辯似懸河機如掣電，未免亡鋒結舌。何故？只為風頭太硬。然雖如此，若向箇裏直下承當得去，如龍得水、似虎靠山，有丈夫志氣，具絕羅籠手段，所以道：『殺人刀，活人劍。』則這邊、那邊、向上、向下、有事、無事、佛界、魔界，一時坐斷。忽有人問：『未審刀劍在什麼處？』委悉麼？從前汗馬無人識，只要重論蓋代功。」復舉：「僧問雲門：『樹凋葉落時如何？』雲門云：『體露金風。』」師云：「雲門眼似流星、機如掣電，拈得將來，不妨奇特。如今忽有人問山僧：『樹凋葉落時如何？』只向伊道：『千山雲霧卷，一望見前村。』」 > Ascending the hall, \[the master\] said, "'Having words and having no words' has already cut off dispute; 'neither matter nor mind' directly leaps beyond creeping vines. Having arrived here, is there any room to open the mouth? Do not say that Senior Monk Qin's mouth is like a carrying pole; even if the Buddhas of the three periods and the successive generations of patriarchs came forth, with eloquence like a rushing torrent and dynamic sharpness like flashing lightning, they could not avoid blunting their points and tying their tongues. Why? Simply because the wind's head is too stiff! Although this is so, if you can directly take it on right here, you are like a dragon reaching the water, like a tiger leaning against the mountain; you possess the resolve and spirit of a great hero, and are equipped with the means to cut off all nets and snares. Therefore it is said, 'The sword that kills people, the sword that gives people life.' Thus this side, that side, transcendent, descending, having affairs, having no affairs, the Buddha realm, the demon realm—all are cut off at once. If someone should suddenly ask, 'I wonder, where are the sword and blade?' Do you understand thoroughly? Formerly, the sweat-stained horse was known by no one; it is only necessary to discuss once more the merit that covers the era." He further brought up: "A monk asked Yunmen, 'What about when the tree withers and the leaves fall?' Yunmen said, 'The body is exposed in the autumn wind.'" The master said, "Yunmen's eye is like a shooting star; his dynamic sharpness is like flashing lightning. When he picks it up and brings it forth, it is certainly extraordinary. Now if someone should suddenly ask this mountain monk, 'What about when the tree withers and the leaves fall?' I would simply say to him, 'The clouds and mist of a thousand mountains roll away; in a single gaze one sees the village ahead.'" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.23) - [Next: 8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.25) - [Up: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997~en-mt.8.24) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [如淨和尚語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2002a.2.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.24) · Pramāṇa