[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) › [大慧普覺禪師語錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a) › 1.7 # 大慧普覺禪師語錄 1.7 大慧普覺禪師語錄 1.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.1.7) 當晚小參：「大道只在口前，要且目前難覩，欲識大道真體，不離聲色言語。」舉起拂子云：「這箇是色。」擊禪床云：「這箇是聲。山僧只今口吧吧地，是言語；那箇是大道真體？」喝一喝云：「即此見聞非見聞，無餘聲色可呈君，箇中若了全無事，體用無妨分不分。若也分去，雨下地上濕，天晴日頭出，小盡二十九，大盡三十日。若也不分，金剛與土地揩背，一擦骨出。」復云：「古者道：『末後一句始到牢關，把斷要津不通凡聖。』作麼生是末後一句？」良久云：「且莫說夢。」拍禪床下座。 > That evening, in an informal gathering, he said: "The Great Way is right before the mouth, yet it is difficult to see before the eyes. If you wish to know the true essence of the Great Way, it is not separated from sounds, forms, and words." Raising his fly-whisk, he said: "This is form." Striking the meditation couch, he said: "This is sound. This mountain monk's mouth chattering away right now is words. What is the true essence of the Great Way?" He gave a shout and said: "This very seeing and hearing is not seeing and hearing; / No remaining sound or form can be presented to you. / If within this you realize there is nothing at all to do, / Essence and function pose no hindrance, whether divided or not. / If divided: when rain falls the ground is wet; when the sky clears the sun comes out; a short month has twenty-nine days, a long month has thirty days. If not divided: the vajra-deity and the earth god rub each other's backs, and with a single rub the bones come out." He continued: "An ancient said: 'Only the very last phrase reaches the iron gate; it blocks the essential crossing, letting neither ordinary nor sage pass.' What is the very last phrase?" After a long pause, he said: "For now, let us not speak of dreams." He slapped the meditation couch and stepped down from the seat. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.1.6) - [Next: 1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.1.8) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a~en-mt.1.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.1.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1998a.1.7) · Pramāṇa