[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) › 8.35 # 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 8.35 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 8.35 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.35) 示眾云：「道無方所明之在人，法離見聞斷之在智，若能頓捨從來妄想執著，於一念頃頓悟自心頓明自性，不染諸塵不落有無，自然法法成見。然雖此事不可造次領會，須是發大丈夫慷慨特達之志，不顧危亡不拘得失，存箇長久鐵石身心，逢境遇緣不變不異，時時著眼體究，不論歲月以悟為期。祖師門下不比教家，只要直截根源，於一言下領取，與諸聖同體同用，大解脫任運施為無不見性。至於雜亂狂慧思量分別，有一絲毫斬不斷，則無趣入之期。教中尚道：『是法非思量分別之所能解。』」又云：「以有思惟心，測度如來圓覺境界，如取螢火燒須彌山，終不能著。祖師道：『但盡凡情，別無聖量。』凡情盡處聖量見前，直須頓歇妄緣，無念無為放教虛靜，千聖萬聖未有不從此門而得入者。只在存誠堅固努力向前，但辦肯心必不相賺。珍重。」 > Addressing the assembly, he said: "The Way has no fixed location; clarifying it depends on the person. The Dharma is free from seeing and hearing; severing it depends on wisdom. If one can頓 (suddenly) abandon lifelong deluded thoughts and attachments, and in a single thought suddenly awaken to one's own mind and suddenly clarify one's own nature, not being defiled by the various dusts and not falling into existence or non-existence, naturally dharma after dharma becomes clear realization. Even so, this matter cannot be understood hastily; one must give rise to the generous, eminent aspiration of a great man, disregarding peril and ruin, ignoring gain and loss, maintaining an enduring body and mind of iron and stone. Meeting conditions and encountering circumstances, remain unchanging and unaltering, constantly applying your eye to investigate deeply, not reckoning months and years, taking awakening as the goal. Under the gate of the Patriarchs, it is not like the doctrinal schools: it requires only cutting straight to the root source, grasping it under a single word, being of the same substance and same function as the holy ones, acting at ease in great liberation without failing to see the nature. As for disorderly wild intellect, deliberation, and discrimination, if there is a single thread of hair that is not severed, there will be no time of entry. In the teachings it is even said: 'This Dharma is not something that deliberation and discrimination can understand.'" He also said: "'Using a deliberating mind to fathom the Tathāgata's realm of complete enlightenment is like using the fire of a firefly to burn Mount Sumeru—it can never catch alight.' The Patriarch said: 'Simply exhaust profane sentiments; there is no separate holy measure.' Where profane sentiments are exhausted, the holy measure appears before you. You must directly rest delusive conditions, remain without thought and without contrivance, letting things become empty and tranquil. None of the thousand sages and ten thousand sages have ever failed to enter through this gate. It lies solely in maintaining sincerity, standing firm, and striving forward; if you only produce a resolute mind, you will certainly not be deceived. Take care." > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.34) - [Next: 8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.36) - [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.8.35) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1997.8.35) · Pramāṇa